Gone Home Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays570

Gone Home by Ricky Skaggs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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verse 1 
G                        C           G 
All of my friends that I loved yesterday 
     D          G C G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 
G                              C             G 
The songbird that sings in the dell seems to say, 
      D          G C G 
"Gone Home, Gone Home" 

Refrain 
        C                   G 
They've joined the heavenly fold 
                                    D 
They're walkin' the streets of pure gold 
     G                        C             Am7 
They left one by one as their work here was done 
     D          G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 

verse 2 
G                         C              G 
Life here is lonely since they've gone before 
     D          G C G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 
G                           C             G 
The old weaping willow that stands by the door 
      D           G 
Sadly sais, "Gone Home" 

Refrain 
        C                   G 
They've joined the heavenly fold 
                                    D 
They're walkin' the streets of pure gold 
     G                        C             Am7 
They left one by one as their work here was done 
     D          G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 

verse 3 
G                              C               G 
The trumpet will sound on that great judgement day 
     D          G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 
G                                   C            G 
We'll see all our friends that have gone on that way 
     D          G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 

Refrain 
        C                   G 
They've joined the heavenly fold 
                                    D 
They're walkin' the streets of pure gold 
     G                        C             Am7 
They left one by one as their work here was done 
     D          G 
Gone Home, Gone Home 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante