(Intro) 
D5 x 5, the first D# comes in on the 3rd beat in the second measure. ? time.


       D#           G#                 D#                  G# 
In the quiet misty morning, when the moon has gone to bed,           
          D#                   Cm              G#                A# 
When the sparrows stop their singing and the sky is clear and red,           
 (Add left hand)
          D#                   G#                  D#                G# 
When the summer's ceased its gleaming, when the corn is past its prime,         
       D#         A#        Cm               G#        A#       D# 
When adventure's lost its meaning, I'll be homeward bound in time.            


   
G#                  D#                 G#          A#         
Bind me not to the pasture. Chain me not to the plow.                 
        G#       A#       Cm               G#      A#       D#    G# A# D#         
Set me free to find my calling and I'll return to you somehow.    



       D#           G#                 D#                G# 
If you find it's me you're missing, if you're hoping I'll return, 
          D#                   Cm              G#                A# 
To your thought I'll soon be list'ning; in the road I'll stop and turn. 
(slight pick up)
          D#                 G#                  D#       G# 
Then the wind will set me racing as my journey nears its end, 
       D#         A#        Cm             G#     A#      D# 
And the path I'll be retracing when I'm homeward bound again.  



G#                  D#                   G#          A#         
Bind me not to the pasture. Chain me not to the plow.                 
        G#       A#       Cm               G#         A#       D#
Set me free to find my calling and I'll return to you somehow.    



Back to intro       
        D#           G#                 D#               G# 
In the quiet misty morning, when the moon has gone to bed,             
           D#       A#        Cm     A#->Cm     G#        A#        D# 
When the sparrows stop their singing, I'll be homeward bound again.