Chords with lyrics
Key: 'C'
Intro:
A minorAm
A minorAm
E MajorE|-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0---|
BB|-0h1---1-1-1--1-1-1----1-1-1--0h1--1-1-1---|
G+G|-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--0h2--2-2-2---|
D MajorD|-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--0h2--2-2-2---|
A augmentedA|--------------------0----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|
First part:
A minorAm
E MajorE|-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0---|
BB|-0h1---1-1-1--1-1-1----1-1-1--0h1--1-1-1---|
G+G|-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--0h2--2-2-2---|
D MajorD|-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--0h2--2-2-2---|
A augmentedA|--------------------0----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|
FF
E MajorE|-1-1-1--1-1-1-------1-1-0h1---1-1-1--------|
BB|-1-1-1--1-1-1-------1-1-0h1---1-1-1--------|
G+G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-------2-2-2-----2-2-2--------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2--2-2-2-------2-2-2-----2-2-2--------|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2--2-2-2-------2-2-2-----2-2-2--------|
E MajorE|-1-1-1--1-1-1---1---1-1-0h1---1-1-1--------|
A minorAm
The night-time crept quickly
FF
And finished the last of the Sun
A minorAm
I closed my eyes and tried hard
FF
To forget what I'd done
A minorAm
There's darkness sweeps down
FF
From above and consumes my soul
G+G FF A minorAm
Like night it's so empty and bitterly cold
A minorAm
I'm heavy with burdens
FF
That shatter my last chance at sleep
A minorAm
I hear them all crying
FF
See my poor mother weep
A minorAm
A augmentedA guard on my left
FF
A augmentedA gavel slams down on my right
G+G FF
And iron bars close
A minorAm
On a thirty year night
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G
Oh Lord, take me home
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh Lord, take me home
FF C majorC G+G
Oh Lord, take me home
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh Lord, take me home
A minorAm
I scribble a note
FF
Say I'm sorry that it happened this way
A minorAm
Exhaling my last breath so free
FF
Knowing not what to say
A minorAm
The light burns my eyes
FF
But I see peace so clear
G+G FF
My heart bids my soul a farewell
A minorAm
Feet kicking the air
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G
Oh Lord, take me home
FF C majorC G+G
Oh Lord, take me home
FF C majorC G+G
Oh Lord, take me home
FF C majorC G+G
Oh Lord, take me home
Final: FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC