Folks Back Home

[Verso 1] C* In the forecast of my failure F* C* I would hope to head back home F* C* G* Pack up my whole van with everything I own Am* Just as well trade it away F* C* And start again from scratch F* C* With a guitar and a notepad G* C* F* C* And the clothes upon my back [Verso 2] C Back to the middle of the country F C I would return to my hometown Em F Where everyone would ask G "What did I do with my travel 'round?" Am And I'd have nothing much to show F C Not a house or job or wife F C Just a couple dozen songs to show G C F C As antidotes to life [Refrão] G F C I can't quite explain why I do the things I do Em F Makes life worth living for me G And I hope the same for you Am G So go on and make your living C G F Give it a song to get you through C G C F C F C With the hope that I can keep on living too [Verso 3] C Are we caught in our delusions? F C Stuck in a winter's dream? Em F Is the message we've been seeking G To drink your Ovaltine? Am I refuse to return F C From a gloryless traversal F C Tell the folks back home G C That life is one great big commercial [Refrão] G F C I can't quite explain why I do the things I do Em F Makes life worth living for me G And I hope the same for you Am G So go on and make your living C G F Give it a song to get you through C G Am With the hope that I can keep on living too Solo Am F C G Am F C G C [Ponte] C* Are these penniless pursuits F* C* Prevent the progress of my prime? Em* F* Some may not call this a living G* But I'm very much alive Am A wise man once said F* C* "You only live until you die" F C And to cease my cause is not to see G C F C What we can't see otherwise [Refrão] G F C I can't quite explain why I do the things I do Em F Makes life worth living for me G And I hope the same for you Am G So go on and make your living C G F F* Give it a song to get you through C G C F C F* C With the hope that I can keep on living too