#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:34:18 -0700 From: Collins Crapo Subject: h/hyland_brian/im_afraid_to_go_home.crd I'M AFRAID TO GO HOME written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell performed by Brian Hyland tab transcribed by Collins Crapo Pattern 1: Em/ (022000@1)/ / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 I'm afraid to go home, I'm afraid to go home Am (x02210@1) EmWorries (022000@1)on my mind, afraid of what I'll find Will my family be gone? I'm afraid to go home Am (x02210@1) EmBack (022000@1)to Tennessee, afraid of what I'll see Pattern 2: D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) As I walk down this dusty road, got a heart with a heavy load Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAin't (320003@1)one thing that's the same, so much sorrow and pain D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Headin' home in a single file, every inch is a quarter mile Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAin't (320003@1)heard nobody sing, ain't seen one livin' thing (in pattern 1): Someone's waitin' for me, honey sweet as candy Wanna hold her tight; Lord, make her be all right Maybe 'round on next bend, all the ashes of land Valleys will be green instead of what I've seen (in pattern 2): I'm afraid for the scrubby pine, for the sweet honeysuckle vine I'm afraid for my home, for the fields that I roamed Kick along down a homeward road, and your heart's gotta take the load I'm afraid to go home, I'm afraid to go home EmSherman's (022000@1)been in my town, burned it all to the ground Am (x02210@1) EmNow (022000@1)there's not a tree 'tween Memphis and the Sea Am (x02210@1) (decelerate...) EmNow (022000@1)there's not a tree 'tween Memphis and the Sea