Words and Music by Merle Haggard
A E D A
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
A E
I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
A E D A
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
A E A
'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.' (Let him...)
CHORUS:
A E D A
Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
A E
Make my old memories come alive
A E D A
Take me away and turn back the years
A E A
Sing Me Back Home before I die
I recall last Sunday morning a choir came in from town
Just to sing a few old gospel song
And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang.
Can I hear once before we move along?'
CHORUS
[A E D - A]
[Sing Me Back Home before I die ]
1_ G
And I just can't let it bring me down too low
D A E
And though I tried so hard to please her
D A G
There must be something more to know
Bm
Never thought that we would end this way
F#m
It seemed that everything was going fine
Bm
Still with all the things that I can do or say
D E G D
It won't change the fate I know so well is mine
SOLO
D
So I'll stop and look right past the pain
A
Cause I've been in love before and I can love again
Em G
While she is moving somewhere far away not slow
D A E
And though I tried so hard to please her
D A G D
She said she really had to go
A G D
She said she really had to go