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I’m Afraid to Go Home chords by Gene Pitney

  • Am

  • A

  • G

  • Bbm

  • Ebm

    6
  • Dm

  • Db

    4
  • Ab

    4
  • C

  • G#

    4
  • C#

    4
Verse 1
Am
A
Am
A
Am
G
A
Am
A
I'm afraid to go home,
Am
G
A
Am
Bbm
I'm afraid to go
A
Bbm
Am
home
A
Bbm
Ebm
Dm
Worries on my mind,
A
Bbm
afraid of what I'll find
A
Am
A
Bbm
Will my family be gone?
A
Am
Bbm
I'm afraid to go on
A
Am
Ebm
Back to Tennessee
Bbm
A
Bbm
Afraid of what I'll see
A
Am
Db
As I walk down this dusty road
Bbm
Got a heart with a heavy load
Db
Ebm
Ain't a thing that's the same,
Ab
Db
so much sorrow and pain
Ab
Db
Heading home in a single file,
C
A
Bbm
every inch is a quarter mile
Ebm
Ain't heard nobody sing,
G
C
I ain't seen one liv
ing thing
A
Bbm
Someone's waitin' on me,
A
Bbm
honey sweet as can be
Ebm
Wanna hold her tight,
Bbm
Lord make her be alright
Maybe round the next bend,
G#
Bbm
all the ashes will end
Ebm
Valleys will be green
Dm
Ebm
Bbm
instead of what I've seen
A
C#
I'm afraid for the scrubby pine
Bbm
All the sweet honeysuckle vine
A
C#
Ebm
I'm afraid for my home
G#
C#
For the fields that I roam
C
G
G#
It go long down
a homeward road
C
Bbm
A
And your heart's got to take the road
Db
Ebm
I'm afraid to go home
G
Bbm
Db
I'm afraid to go home
A
Bbm
Sherman's been to my town
A
Bbm
A
Bbm
Burned it all to the ground
Ebm
Now there's not a tree
A
Between Memphis and the sea
Ebm
Dm
Now there's not a tree
A
Am
Between Memphis and the sea
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