Homeward Bound chords by Burl Ives

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
I'm
sitting in the railway station.
Bm 
Got a ticket  to my
Dm 
E 
destination.
Am 
On  a tour of one- night stands
F 
my suitcase and guitar in hand.
G 
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet
D 
G 
and a one- man band.
C 
Homeward bound,
G 
I wish I was,
C 
Homeward bound,
G 
Home where my thought's escaping,
C 
Home where my music's playing,
G 
Home where my love lies waiting
D 
G 
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
Bm 
Dm 
E 
Of cigarettes and magazines.
Am 
And each town looks the same to me,
F 
the movies and the factories
G 
And ev'ry stranger's face I see
reminds me that I long to be,
C 
Homeward bound,
G 
I wish I was,
C 
Homeward bound,
G 
Am 
Home where my thought's escaping,
G 
C 
Home where my mu sic's playing,
G 
Home where my love lies waiting
D 
G 
Silently for me.

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Verse 2
G 
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
Bm 
Dm 
E 
I'll play the game and pretend.
Am 
But all my words come back
F 
to me in shades of mediocrity
G 
Like emptiness in harmony I need
someone to comfort me.
C 
Homeward bound,
G 
I wish I was,
C 
Homeward bound,
G 
C 
Home where my thought's
Am 
escaping,
G 
C 
Home where my music's playing,
G 
C 
Home where my love lies waiting
D 
G 
Silently for me.
D 
G 
Silently for me.