A5 E5 D5 A5 The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom A5 E5 I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest A5 E5 D5 A5 And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell A5 E5 A5 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.' (Let him...) A5 E5 D5 A5 Sing me back home with a song I used to hear A5 E5 Make my old memories come alive A5 E5 D5 A5 Take me away and turn back the years A5 E5 A5 Sing Me Back Home before I die I recall last Sunday morning a choir came in from town Just to sing a few old gospel song And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang. Can I hear once before we move along?' CHORUS A5 E5 D5 - A5 Sing Me Back Home before I die