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