• Song:

    Dont Wanna Go Home

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

The closing song on GBS's 2010 album, Safe Upon The Shore. A fabulous, underrated 
song in my opinion!

[Chorus 1]
   (N.C.)        DI (xx0232@1)don't wanna go home, 
                GDon't (320003@1)bring the lights up, 
               Adon't (x02220@1)ring the bell. 
                      DOnce (xx0232@1)the whistle has blown, 
          G (320003@1)                        AGod (x02220@1)only knows when we'll meet here again.

[Bridge 1]
          Bm (x24432@1)        ATell (x02220@1)the band not to stop, 
          G (320003@1)            DTell (xx0232@1)the curtain, don't drop, 
         GKeep (320003@1)the bar stool King, 
              AHigh (x02220@1)on his throne!

[Chorus 2]
I don't wanna go Home,
Don't wanna leave till it's all said and done. 
Guess I should have known, 
I'd want to stay until we'd seen the sun.

[Bridge 2]
              Bm (x24432@1)      AIt's (x02220@1)just the moment to make.. 
      G (320003@1)        DThis (xx0232@1)perfect mistake. 
G (320003@1)                    AUntil (x02220@1)we spend hours alone. 
                    G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)   DI (xx0232@1)don't want to go home.
       G (320003@1)       DIt's (xx0232@1)a matter of fact.. 
         G (320003@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can never look back, 
       G (320003@1)                    AIt's (x02220@1)a lesson that some never learn. 
    G (320003@1)          DBut (xx0232@1)I won't forget it. 
    G (320003@1)            DI (xx0232@1)won't be caught treading, 
       G (320003@1)                    AOn (x02220@1)the bridges that I myself burned

-KEY CHANGES FROM D TO E-

[Instrumental] (x2)
E, A, B

[Bridge 3]
        A (x02220@1)      EIt's (022100@1)a matter of fact, 
        A (x02220@1)        EYou (022100@1)can never look back, 
        A (x02220@1)                    BIt's (x2444x@1)a lesson that some never learn. 
    A (x02220@1)         EBut (022100@1)I won't forget it. 
   A (x02220@1)             EI (022100@1)won't be caught treading, 
       A (x02220@1)                   BOn (x2444x@1)the bridges that I myself burned.

[Chorus 3]                 
                 EI (022100@1)don't wanna go home,
                   AI've (x02220@1)been gone forever, 
   BI (x2444x@1)don't wanna face, 
                     EAll (022100@1)the punches I've thrown, 
             A (x02220@1)                     BAnd (x2444x@1)all the wounded who fueled my escape.

[Bridge 4]
Tell the band not to stop, 
Tell the curtain, don't drop, 
Keep the bar stool King, 
High on his throne! 
'Cause somewhere in the dark 
There's a well-broken heart, 
Who's willing to cast the first stone.

[Outro]
(E, A, B)
I don't want to go home (x6)
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