Verse
D#
Papa writes to Johnny, Johnny can't come home
G# D#
Johnny can't come home, Johnny can't come home
D# Cm
Papa writes to Johnny, Johnny can't come home
G# D#
Johnny's been out on the road too long
[Chorus]
D#
So I done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long
G# D#
Summers almost gone, winters coming on
D# Cm
Done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long
F# G# D#
And it seems like I've gotta travel on
[Verse]
D#
That chilly wind will soon begin and I'll be on my way
G# D#
Going home to stay, going home to stay
D# Cm
And that chilly wind will soon begin and I'll be on my way
G# D#
And I feel like I just wanna travel on
[Chorus]
D#
So I done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long
G# D#
Summers almost gone, winters coming on
D# Cm
Done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long
F# G# D#
And it seems like I've wantta travel on
[Verse]
D#
There's a lonesome freight at 6: 08 a coming through the town
G# D#
I'll be homeward bound, I'll be homeward bound
D# Cm
D# lonesome freight at 6: 08 coming all through the town
G# D#
And I feel like I just wanna travel on
[Chorus]
D#
So I done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long
G# D#
Summers almost gone, winters coming on, yes it is
D# Cm
Done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long
F# G# D#
And it seems like I've wantta travel on