This is a song from 1975.  The words have been checked by one of the band members 
(David Sandler at http://www.glacierdisc.com/) and are used with his permission.  
The chords are my own fault.
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(loon yodel)
Intro:  G

G                   C
Minnesota - I can almost smell the air. 
                            Em  
I can feel her hand, and my feet in the sand
        C          D          G
in the lakes under trees back home.

Minnesota - You're the gateway to my soul.
You are in my blood, soil's thicker than mud, 
in the land where the waters roll.

G    D     C      G        D      C          G
You know I faded away...in Cali - forn - i - a
                                      D
I was thinking, I was gonna duck the snow
G                    D
But what I'd give to go back now,
G                 D
and see the snow coming down
G                    D                 Em        C    D
on the pines and the parkways way back ho-e-o-e-ome

Minnesota - How I miss those sail-on days
I miss the stormy nights and the northern light
in the starry skies back home

interlude

I've been a runaway, I've seen my hobo days
I thought I'd shake the hay from my shoes
But how I'd love to smell the sweetness
of the corn and the wheat between us
and see the lakes that glisten in the su-e-u-e-un

Minnesota, well you know I'll make it back
you can count someday I'll be coming your way
with a heart full of hope once more

Minnesota, I almost see the time,
the golden leaves blowing free in the breeze,
a clear blue water's shore

Dit-dit-dit dit-dit I'm coming home
Dit-dit-dit dit-dit I'm coming home
Dit-dit-dit dit-dit 
Dit-dit-dit dit-dit Back to my country now yeah

Dit dit dit dit-dit I'm coming home
Dit-dit-dit dit-dit I'm coming home
Dit-dit-dit dit-dit 
Dit-dit-dit dit-dit Back to my country now yeah