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