I'm Home Chords
I'm Home by England Dan and John Ford Coley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C, Am, D, E7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (spoken)
Going back home. Hadn't been home in a long time.
G Em
The old home place, it just don't look the same to me
C Am
There's a filling station where the high school used to be
G D G
And I'm hoping that the folks will remember me
D
Now I'm home, now I'm home
G Em
Front porch of her house has just begun to sag
C Am
Every letter that she wrote is right here in my bag
G D G
When I told the boys about her, I began to brag
D G
Now I'm home, now I'm home
C G
Home, home, home, home, home
Bridge:
Am E7 Am
Something is dreadfully wrong, oh it seems
C Am
The house is boarded up, there's cobwebs hanging from the screens
F C
I think I hear the neighbours saying, "Just last week
E7 Am D G C G D
She ran away, with a man from Tennessee, to make a home"
INTERLUDE: (same as Verse)
G Em
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
C Am
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
G D G
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
D
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
Instrumental: