Sicilian Born Chords

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[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[C]He was Sicilian born,
a fisherman's son,
came [F]over twenty [C]-three
Worked like a dog for a couple of years
Sent for his fam[G]ily
Well he [F]worked on the docks
And he worked [C]on the railways
He [Dm]worked till his back was [C]gone
[F]Bought [C]a sem[F]i -detached
in [C]Er skineville
Moved [Dm]in and p[G]aved the l[C]awn
Well his three boys grew married
[F]Young [C]blo[F]nde and blue -eyed gir[C]ls
[F]An [C]d soon enough
there were grandkids come
To look in on his [G]world
And [F]they were fair and [C]blue -eyed too
And to him [Dm]they all looked the same
[C]If [F]Sic[C]ilian[F] blood flowed
through [C]their lives
You'd [Dm]only know by [G]their last [C]name
And he [F]never talked in his [C]native tongue
And he [G]never talked about [C]going home
And he [F]told me once the [C]reason why
He [G]said, home's not
where you're born
Home is where a man's
prepared to [C]die
He outlived his wife Maria,
she [F]died in eighty [C]-two
For a long time after,
he was lost for what to [G]do[Em][G]
[F]He'd sit alone at the [C]window
and [Dm]doze the days away
[C]So [F]I didn't see him m[C]uch anymore
Un[Dm]less he [G]happened to [C]wave
[F]Still [C]he nev[F]er talked in his nat[C]ive tongue
And he [G]never talked about [C]go ing home
And he [F]told me once the [C]reason why
He [G]said, home's not
where you're born
Home is where a man is prepared
to [C]die[F][C]
[G]Well, [C]I went up north
on a two -week spell
[F]About a month [C]ago
And to my surprise
When I came home
I found his place had [G]sold
I [F]called the other [C]neighbors
To [Dm]find out where he had [C]gone
They said [F]he packed up
And [Em]just [C]went back
To [G]wherever he came [C]from
[Dm]An d[C] he ne[F]ver talked
in his [C]native tongue
And he [G]never talked about go[C]ing home
And he [F]told me once the [C]reason why
He [G]said, home's not where
you're born
Home's not where you're born
Home is where a man's
prepared to [C]die
And he [F]never talked in his [C]native tongue
And he [G]never talked about [C]going home
And he [F]told me once the [C]reason why
He [G]said, home's not
where you're born
Home is where a man is prepared to die