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Sing Me Back Home chords by
David Allan Coe
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
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A

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Oh, the warden led a prisoner
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down the hallway to his doom

And I stood up to say goodbye
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A

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like all the rest
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D

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When I heard him ask the warden
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if they'd let me sing a song

Could I sing him one
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A

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before he meets his death?
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A

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Sing me back home the
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D

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song I used to hear
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A

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Make my old memories come alive
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D

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Take me away and turn back the year
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Send me back home before I die

You know, I remember we were playing cards for cigarettes that day when
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the guard came in and said that some people wanted to sing for us.

So we picked up our blanket
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an d cigarettes

and we put them in our cells
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and then we walked back

out to the bullpen

and there were four men

standing there
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and one of them had a guitar in his hand

and they began to sing,
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Amazing Grace,
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how sweet the sound.

Well when they got through
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I said, excuse me sir,
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could I play your guitar
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an d he said,

How will I get it in there to you?
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And I said, just hold it up to the bars.
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I'll stick my hands through the bars.

I'd like to do some songs
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for you that I wrote.

And later, when I was on death row,
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one of the convicts in El

Block had a radio,

and he turned it up,
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and it kind of reminded me of that day.
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I recall last Sunday morning
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when a choir from off the street
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Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
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And I heard him, I asked the singer,
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Could I play your guitar please?
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I'd like to do you one,
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I wrote about my heart

And then I heard Merle Haggard
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sing for the first time
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Sing me back on the
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song I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Take me away,
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and turn back the years
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Sing me back home before I go
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Send me back home, before I go
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Sing Me Back Home by David Allan Coe is F major.

The primary chords used in Sing Me Back Home are F, C, Bb, Dm, Gm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like F, C, Bb, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Sing Me Back Home is approximately 107 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Sing Me Back Home using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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