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