Capo 1st fret

C5
He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
C5
He was covered with the evening news
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Had a pair of wool socks on his hands

C5
The banks sign was flashing five below
C5
It was freezin rain and spittin snow
G5                D5              G5
He was curled up behind some garbage cans

(bridge)
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I was afraid that he was dead, I gave him a gentle shake
B5                                   C5                D5
When he opened up his eyes I said, Old man are you  ok , He said

(Chorus)
                                 C5
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
                               G5
I was running from some honey bee's
                          C5
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
                          D5
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
                         C5
I was walkin down an old dirt road
                             G5             G/f#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
E5                    C5
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D5                  G5
Cause I was almost home




Then he said, I was just comin round the barn,
Bout the time you grabbed my arm
I heard momma holler son hurry up

I was close enough for my own nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
I saw daddy loadin up the truck

(bridge)

cane poles on the tailgate, bobbler's blowin in the wind
since July of  55, that's as close as I've been, Yea

(go to chorus)

D5
I said old man you're gonna freeze to death,
       E5
Let me drive you to the mission
        C5
He said boy if you'd left me alone
      D5          D5 / D5
Right now I'd be fishin

(chorus) 2x's


man I wish you'd just left me alone

I was almost home