I Was Young When I Left Home

[Intro] Bb Eb F Gm Bb Bb Eb An' I been out ramblin' 'round F7 F An' I never wrote a letter to my home Bb Eb To my home, Lord, to my home Bb An' I never wrote a letter to my home Bb It was just the other day Eb I was bringin' home my pay F When I met an' old friend I used to know Bb Said, your mother is dead an' gone Eb Every sisters all gone wrong Bb An' your daddy needs you home right away Bb I have a shirt on my back Eb Not a penny on my name F7 F But I can't go home this way Bb Eb This way, Lord, Lord, Lord Bb An' I can't go home this way Bb Eb F Bb F F7 Bb If you miss train, I'm on Eb Count the days, I'm gone F7 F You'll hear that whistle blow hundred miles Bb Eb Hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord Bb An' you'll hear that whistle blow hundred mile Bb Eb F Bb F F7 Bb Bb Eb I've playin' on a track, ma would come an' woop me back F On 'em trusses down by Ol' Jim McKay's Bb Eb When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store Bb I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home Bb Used to tell my ma sometimes Eb When I see them ridin' blind F Gonna make me home out in the wind Bb Eb In the wind, Lord, in the wind Bb Make me home out in the wind Bb I don't like it in the wind Eb I wanna back home again F But I can't go home this way Bb Eb This way, Lord, Lord, Lord Bb An' I can't go home this way Bb I was young when I left home Eb An' I been out ramblin' 'round Bb An' I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord, Lord, Lord An' I never wrote a letter to my home