Sing Me Back Home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Oh, [D]the warden led a [A]prisoner
down [G]the hallway to his [D]doom
And I stood up to say goodbye
like all the [A]rest
When I [D]heard him ask the [A]warden
if they'd [G]let me sing a [D]song
Could I sing him one
before [A]he meets his [D]death?[Bm]
[A]Sing [D]me back hom[A]e the
[G]song I used to [D]hear
[A]Mak[D]e my old memories come ali[A]ve
[D]Take me awa[A]y and tur[G]n back the yea[D]r
Send me back [A]home before I [D]die
You know, I remember we were playing cards for cigarettes that day when
the [A]guard came in and said [G]that some people wanted to sing for us.
So we picked up our blanket
[D]an d cigarettes
and we put them in our cells
and then we walked [A]back
out to the bullpen
and there were four men
standing there
and one of them had a guitar in his [D]hand
and they began to sing,
[A]Amaz[D]ing Grace,
how [G]sweet the [D]sound.
Well when they got through
I [G]said, excuse me sir,
[A]could I play your guitar
[D]an [G]d he said,
How will I get it in there to you?
And I said, just hold [D]it up to the bars.
I'll stick my hands [G]through the bars.
I'd like to do some songs
for [Em]you that [D]I wrote.
And later, when I was on death row,
[G]one of the convicts in El
Block had a radio,
and he turned it up,
[D]and it kind of reminded [A]me of that [D]day.
I recall last Sunday [A]morning
when a [G]choir from off the [D]street
Came in to sing a few old gospel [A]songs
And I [D]heard him, I asked the [A]singer,
Could I [G]play your guitar please?
[D]I'd [A]lik[D]e to do you one,
I [A]wrote about my [D]heart
And then I heard Merle Haggard
sing for the first [Bm]time
[A]Sing [D]me back on [A]the
[G]song I used to [D]hear
Make my old memories come [A]alive
[D]Take me away,
[A]and tur[G]n back the yea[D]rs
Sing me back [A]home before I [D]go
Send me back [A]home, before I [G]go
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