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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: January 29 2003
Album:
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Note: n.c. means play no chord
Guitar intro lick - listen to recording for timing
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Guitar ending lick - listen to recording for timing
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ALMOST HOME Craig Morgan
C#
He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes He was covered with the evening news
G#
Had a pair of wool socks on his hands
C#
The banks sign was flashing five below It was freezin rain and spittin snow
G#
He was curled up behind some garbage cans
C C# F
I was afraid that he was dead I gave him a gentle shake
C C# D#
When he opened up his eyes I said old man are you ok He said
CHORUS
n.c. A#m G#
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree I was running from some honey bees
A#m D#
Drip-drying in the summer breeze After jumpin into Calico Creek
A#m G#
I was walkin down an old dirt road Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
A#m D# n.c. G# Intro lick
Man I wish you'd just left me alone Cause I was almost home
C#
Then he said I was just comin round the barn Bout the time you grabbed my arm
G#
I heard momma holler son hurry up
C#
I was close enough for my own nose To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
G#
I saw daddy loadin up the truck
C C#
Gate post on the tailgate cobbler's blowin in the wind
C C# D#
Since July of 55 that's as close as I've been Yea
Go to chorus
D# C# G#
I said old man you're gonna freeze to death Let me drive you to the mission
C# D#
He said boy if you'd left me alone Right now I'd be fishin
Go to chorus chorus
G# A#m D# G# ending guitar lick
Man I wish you'd just left me alone I was almost home
