WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Iris Dement - Go On Ahead And Go Home Chords | Version #1
[Intro]
G C G A7 D
G C G
[Verse 1]
D G D G
Go on ahead and go home
C G C G
Go on ahead and go home
G/D G
Boy, you've done your best
A7 C
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D G D G
Go on ahead and go home
C G C G
Go on ahead and go home
G/D G A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
D G C G
You won't be alone
[Verse 2]
D G D G
Go let your mama see you smile
C G C G
Go let your mama see you smile
G/D G A7
Mama's going to wait however long it takes
C D
But it's sure been awhile
G D G
Go let your mama see you smile
C G C G
Go let your mama see you smile
G/D G
She's standing in the sun saying
A7
"Boy, your works been done by
D G C G D
a long, long mile"
[Instrumental]
G A7 D
G C G
[Verse 3]
D G D G
Down where the cotton grows tall
C G C G
Down where the cotton grows tall
G/D G A7
Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows
C D
Beside the old mare's stall
G D G
Down where the cotton grows tall
C G C G
Down where the cotton grows tall
G/D G
And a fragrant delta breeze
A7
shakes the cypress trees
D G C G D
Down deep in the Fall
[Instrumental]
G A7 D
G C G
[Verse 4]
D G D G
In the deep of the night
C G C G
In the deep of the night
G/D G
By the river so still
A7
where sorrows come to heal
C D
And wrongs are made right
G D G
Down in the deep of the night
C G C G
In the deep of the night
G/D G
On a creaking porch swing
A7
the ancient ones sing
D G C G
"everything is alright"
[Verse 5]
D G D G
Go on ahead and go home
C G C G
Go on ahead and go home
G
Boy, you've done your best
G/D A7 C
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D G D G
Go on ahead and go home
C G C G
Go on ahead and go home
G/D G A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
D G C G
You won't be alone