Key: Ab major
Intro 1
Am
D
G
Verse 1
C
He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
He was covered with the evening news
G
D
G
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands
C
The bank sign was flashing 5 below
It was freezing rain an spittin' snow
G
D
He was curled up behind
G
some garbage cans
Pre-chorus 1
B
I was afraid that he was dead
C
I gave him a gentle shake
B
When he opened up his eyes
C
D
I said "Old man are you ok?"
G
D
He said,
Chorus 1
C
"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
G
I was runin' from some honey bees
C
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
D
After jumpin' into Calico creek
C
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
G
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Em
C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D
G
Cause I was almost home"
Then he said,
Verse 2
C
"I was just comin' round the barn"
Bout the time he grabbed my arm
G
D
G
When I heard Momma holler 'son hurry up'
C
I was close enough for my own nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
G
D
G
And I saw daddy loadin' up the truck
Pre-chorus 2
B
Cane poles on the tailgate
C
Bobbers blowin' in the wind
B
C
D
Since July of '55 That's as close as I've been
G
D
Chorus 2
C
Yeah I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
G
When I was runin' from some honey bees
C
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
D
After jumpin' into Calico creek
C
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
G
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Em
C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D
G
I was almost home
Bridge 1
D
I said, "Old man you're gonna freeze to death
Em
Let me drive you to the mission"
C
He said, "Boy if you left me alone
D
Right now I'd be fishin'"
Chorus 3
C
I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
G
I was runin' from some honey bees
C
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
D
After jumpin' into Calico creek
G
C
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
G
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Em
C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D
G
Em
Cause I was almost home (Almost home)
C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D
C
I was almost home
G
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