Home Again
Edwyn Collins

From the album Home Again

Tuning: EADGBE capo 2nd fret

A beautiful song. Played in a lilting kind of style.


Chords
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       E A D G B E
Bm7    x 2 4 2 3 2
Dbm7   x 4 6 4 5 4
Dmaj7  x 5 7 6 7 5
Dm7    x 5 7 5 6 5
A      x 0 2 2 2 0
E7     0 2 0 1 0 0
Gbm    2 4 4 2 2 2
E      0 2 2 1 0 0
Bm7/D  x 5 4 2 3 2

Introduction
============

                                                                  I'm

  Bm7              Dbm7             Dmaj7             Dm7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


Verse 1
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  home again                            hardly        certain of my

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  role and then                         I started     searching for my

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  soul again                            but there was nothing I could

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  find                                                            I'm

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  home again                                     but I've been here be-

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  fore old         friends               And I        know I'll be con-

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  soled again                            In the       past I've left be-

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  hind

  A                                 A7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


Refrain
=======


                   when I was a     boy                    Well I

  Gbm                               E
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  heard       some-body             singing               And I

  Bm7              Bm7/D            Dbm
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  heard       the  guitars          ringing                   And it

  Bm7              Bm7/D            Dbm
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  brought me                  home again                     home a-

  Bm7                               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  gain

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


                                                                 I've

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


Verse 2
=======


  strayed again                            my good intentions got mis-

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  laid again                            I got         stuck inside this

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  maze   that      ends                 have I        been this way be-

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  fore                                                           I've

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  stalled again                         like some    eternal drunken

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  brawl  that      ends             when the          mirror finally

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  cracks and then                       there's no reflections any -

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  more

  A                                 A7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


Refrain
=======


             Outside on the         street                     Well I

  Gbm                               E
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  heard       some-body             singing               And I

  Bm7              Bm7/D            Dbm
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  heard       the  music            ringing                 From some

  Bm7              Bm7/D            Dbm
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  clapped out              pirate   station             it was my

  Bm7              Bm7/D            Dbm
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  unho-            ly sal-          va-               tion    Home a-

  Bm7              Dbm7             Dmaj7             Dm7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  gain                                                        Home a-

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  gain

  A                                 Bm7               E7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  Bm7              Dbm7             Dmaj7             Dm7
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  A
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|


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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
September 2008

watfordkev@gmail.com