Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I'm full of pride and my heart feels good
D#maj7
Got news from my family up in the woods
Cm F D# A#
At last I can go back where I belong
A# D#
Sweated it all out for nine long years
D#maj7 Cm
Couldn't believe the voice in my ears
Cm F D# A#
When the man saying "no hiding ,son"
A# D#
So I left the only folks I had known
D#maj7
I was fifteen then, hardly grown
Cm F D# A#
When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud
A# D#
Couldn't get back and I couldn't go far
D#maj7
Said to myself stay right where you are
Cm F
Done found yourself a ma and pa
F D# A#
Everybody said the kid's no good
[Chorus]
A# D# A#
Come home Johnny Bridie come home
F A#
Johnny Bridie come home
F
We're all wrong without you
D#
How did we ever doubt you
A#
He confessed to the killing
D#
It's his role we had you filling
A# D#
We didn't really mean to make you sad
F D# F D# F
But when you ran you made us think
D# F D# F
That you were twice as bad
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D# F
D# F
[Verse 2]
D# A# D#
I left the only folks I had known
D#maj7 Cm
I was fifteen then , hardly grown
Cm F D# A#
When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud
A# D#
Couldn't get back and I couldn't go far
D#maj7
Said to myself stay right where you are
Cm F
Done found yourself a ma and pa
F D# A#
Everybody said the kid's no good
[Chorus]
A# D# A#
Come home Johnny Bridie come home
F A#
Johnny Bridie come home
F
We're all wrong without you
D#
How did we ever doubt you
A#
He confessed to the killing
D#
It's his role we had you filling
A# D#
We didn't really mean to make you sad
F D# F D# F
But when you ran you made us think
D# F D# F
That you were twice as bad
D# F
D# F
D# F
[Chorus]
D# A# D# A#
Come home Johnny Bridie come home
F A#
Johnny Bridie come home
F
We're all wrong without you
D#
How did we ever doubt you
A#
He confessed to the killing