Chords
Almost Home

Key: G

Introduction:

C  
He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes. He was covered with the Evening News
G                                            D                                            G  
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands.
C  
The bank sign was flashing "5 below", It was freezing rain an' spittin' snow 
G                                              D                                            G  
He was curled up behind some garbage cans.
Em                                                                                                                                    C  
I was afraid that he was dead:    I gave him a gentle shake.
Em                                                                                                      C                                 D  
When he opened up his eyes,    I said: "Old man, are you ok?"
D                                                                                      C  
He said: "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
                                                                G  
"I was runnin' from some honey bees.
                                                     C                                                                                            D  
"Drip dryin' in the summer breeze,    "After jumpin' into Calico Creek.
                                                             C                                                                                                                    G  
"I was walkin' down an old dirt road, "Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.
Em                                                                      C                            D                                                                                                                 G  
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,                    "'Cause I was almost home."
C  
Then he said: "I w's just comin' 'round the barn, "'Bout the time he grabbed my arm,
  G                                              D                                                 G  
"When I heard Momma holler: 'Son, hurry up.'
  C  
"I was close enough for my own nose, "To smell fresh cobbler on the stove,
     G                                      D                                    G  
"When I saw Daddy loadin' up the truck.
  Em                                                                                              C  
"Cane poles on the tailgate,    "Bobbers blowin' in the wind.
  Em                                                                         C                            D  
"Since July of '55, "That's as close as I've been.
  D                                                                            C  
"Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
                                                                                G  
"Well, I was runnin' from some honey bees.
                                                     C                                                                                         D  
"Drip dryin' in the summer breeze    "After jumpin' into Calico Creek.
                                                                        C                                                                                                                    G  
"An' I was walkin' down an old dirt road, "Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.
  Em                                                                    C                              D                                              G  
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,                      "I was almost home."
Em                                                                                                                                              C  
I said: "Old man you're gonna freeze to death,    "Let me drive you to the mission."
Em                                                                                                              C                            D  
He said: "Boy, if you left me alone, "Right now, I'd be fishin'."
  D                                                            C  
"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree.
                                                                G  
"I was runnin' from some honey bees.
                                                                C                                                                                            D  
"An' drip dryin' in the summer breeze, "After jumpin' in to Calico Creek.
                                                             C                                                                                                                    G  
"I was walkin' down an old dirt road, "Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.
Em                                                                      C                      D                                                            G  
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone            "'Cause I was almost home." (Almost home).
  Em                                                                    C  
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,
                                     G  
"I was almost home."