Homeward Bound Chords
Homeward Bound by Dinah Washington is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords G, G/F#, G/F, Em7, Am, F, D, C and F7M. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
I'm sitting in the railway station
G/F# G/F Em7
Got a ticket to my destination, hmmmm
Am F
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand
G D
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and one-man band
G C
Homeward bound
G
I wish I was
C
Homeward bound
G F7M C
Home, where my thought's escaping
G F7M C
Home, where my music's playing
G F7M C
Home, where my love lies waiting
D G
Silently for me
G
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
G/F# G/F Em7
of cigarettes and magazines, hmmmm
Am F
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
G D
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
G C
Homeward bound,
G
I wish I was
C
Homeward bound
G F7M C
Home, where my thought's escaping
G F7M C
Home, where my music's playing
G F7M C
Home, where my love lies waiting
D G
Silently for me
G
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
G/F# G/F Em7
I'll play the game and pretend, hmmmm
Am F
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
G D
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me
G C
Homeward bound,
G
I wish I was,
C
Homeward bound
G F7M C
Home, where my thought's escaping
G F7M C
Home, where my music's playing
G F7M C
Home, where my love lies waiting
D G
Silently for me
G/F# G/F Em7
Silently for me