Intro
C#m E A x4
E B F#m A x2
[Verse 1]
C#m E A
Say goodbye to Miss Jenny sleeping on a subway grate
C#m E A
Say goodbye to all the ladies waiting for the tricks to show
C#m E A
Got a 100 dollars, more than I need to score
C#m E A
Got a 100 dollars, just enough to get me home
[Chorus 1]
E B
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
F#m A
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
E B
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
F#m A
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Verse 2]
C#m E A
Came from Maricopa, had no family left
C#m E A
Worked the Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set
C#m E A
Ended up a junkie livin' in my brother's car
C#m E A
Don’t shed a tear for me home ain’t so far
[Chorus 2]
E B
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
F#m A
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
E B
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
F#m A
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
No, he never come back
[Solo]
C#m E A x4
E B F#m A x2
[Verse 3]
C#m E A
International Boulevard ladies, don’t you weep and moan
C#m E A
I've gone to a better place off these dirty streets
C#m E A
Mister Patel, won't you send my ashes home
C#m E A
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove
[Chorus 3]
E B
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
F#m A
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
E B
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
F#m A
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Chorus 4]
E B
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
F#m A
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
E B
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
F#m A
Went to Kandahar, but he never came back
Gonna see him now
[Outro]
C#m E A x2