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