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