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