Key: C
Introduction:
G Am D G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2X] (see note)
G Am
Don't it make you want to go home now
D G
Don't it make you want to go home
Am
All God's children get weary when they roam
D G
Don't it make you want to go home
D G
Don't it make you want to go home
G Am
Oh the whippoorwill roosts on the telephone pole
D G
as the Georgia sun goes down
Am
Well it's been a long time but I'm glad to say that I'm
D G
goin' back down to my home town
Am
Goin' down to the Greyhound station
D G
Gonna buy me a one way fare
Am
Good lord willin' and the creeks don't rise
D G
By tomorrow I'll be right there
(chorus)
A Bm
Don't it make you want to go home now
E A
Don't it make you want to go home
Bm
All God's children get weary when they roam and
E A
God how I want to go home
(repeat 4-line chorus, fading)