CAPO: 4th Fret
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
From the railhead to the boatyard, from the factory to the [F]farm
From the mine to the [G]mill-yard, I've weathered the [C]storm
From the bar room to the bedpost, I've wasted my [F]days
All I have is my [C]drink and the time left to [G]think
While the time slips a[C]way
[CHORUS:]
Just look at my [Dm]face__[G]_ when you tell me good[C]bye
You'll see what I'm [Em]after, by the look in my [Dm]eye[Em]
Just walk a[F]way and leave me a[G]lone
It's a long way back [C]home
[VERSE 2:]
Now in case you should ask me, what it is that I've [F]done
I say I'm a [G]soldier who once had a [C]son
But my son doesn't know me, that's his right to [F]choose
Oh, say can you [C]see, my best friend is [G]me
I'm a friend I could [C]use
[CHORUS:]
Just look at my [Dm]face__[G]_ when you tell me good[C]bye
You'll see what I'm [Em]after, by the look in my [Dm]eye[Em]
Just walk a[F]way and leave me a[G]lone
It's a long way back [C]home
[VERSE 3:]
Now the pages have faded, the story grows [F]cold
And the plot falls to [G]ashes like the ruins of [C]old
Those rats in my rafters, they're after my [F]shoes
And anything [C]else they can find on the [G]shelf
I've said they could [C]use
[CHORUS:]
Just look at my [Dm]face__[G]_ when you tell me good[C]bye
You'll see what I'm [Em]after, by the look in my [Dm]eye[Em]
Just walk a[F]way and leave me a[G]lone
It's a long way back [C]home
It's a long way back home
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
From the railhead to the boatyard, from the factory to the [F]farm
From the mine to the [G]mill-yard, I've weathered the [C]storm
From the bar room to the bedpost, I've wasted my [F]days
All I have is my [C]drink and the time left to [G]think
While the time slips a[C]way
[CHORUS:]
Just look at my [Dm]face__[G]_ when you tell me good[C]bye
You'll see what I'm [Em]after, by the look in my [Dm]eye[Em]
Just walk a[F]way and leave me a[G]lone
It's a long way back [C]home
[VERSE 2:]
Now in case you should ask me, what it is that I've [F]done
I say I'm a [G]soldier who once had a [C]son
But my son doesn't know me, that's his right to [F]choose
Oh, say can you [C]see, my best friend is [G]me
I'm a friend I could [C]use
[CHORUS:]
Just look at my [Dm]face__[G]_ when you tell me good[C]bye
You'll see what I'm [Em]after, by the look in my [Dm]eye[Em]
Just walk a[F]way and leave me a[G]lone
It's a long way back [C]home
[VERSE 3:]
Now the pages have faded, the story grows [F]cold
And the plot falls to [G]ashes like the ruins of [C]old
Those rats in my rafters, they're after my [F]shoes
And anything [C]else they can find on the [G]shelf
I've said they could [C]use
[CHORUS:]
Just look at my [Dm]face__[G]_ when you tell me good[C]bye
You'll see what I'm [Em]after, by the look in my [Dm]eye[Em]
Just walk a[F]way and leave me a[G]lone
It's a long way back [C]home
It's a long way back home
