Go On Ahead And Go Home chords by Iris Dement

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G  A7A7 D MajorD
G+G  C majorC  G+G

Verse 1:
    D MajorD      G+G D MajorD G+G
Go on ahead and go home
    C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
Go on ahead and go home
G/DG/D          G+G
Boy, you've done your best
          A7A7           C majorC
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D MajorD          G+G D MajorD G+G
 Go on ahead and go home
    C majorC      G+G C majorC  G+G
Go on ahead and go home
  G/DG/D      G+G           A7A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
  D MajorD     G+G C majorC G+G
You won't be alone

Verse 2:
      D MajorD      G+G D MajorD G+G
Go let your mama see you smile
      C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
Go let your mama see you smile
G/DG/D       G+G          A7A7
Mama's going to wait however long it takes
          C majorC   D MajorD
But it's sure been awhile
             G+G D MajorD G+G
Go let your mama see you smile
      C majorC  G+G C majorC    G+G
Go let your mama  see you smile
   G/DG/D       G+G
She's standing in the sun saying
           A7A7
"Boy, your works been done by
 D MajorD     G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
a long, long mile"

Instrumental:
G+G  A7A7 D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G

Verse 3:
        D MajorD      G+G D MajorD G+G
Down where the cotton grows tall
        C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
Down where the cotton grows tall
     G/DG/D   G+G            A7A7
Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows
            C majorC  D MajorD
Beside the old mare's stall
              G+G D MajorD G+G
Down where the cotton grows tall
        C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
Down where the cotton grows tall
   G/DG/D      G+G
And a fragrant delta breeze
          A7A7
shakes the cypress trees
   D MajorD      G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Down deep in the Fall

Instrumental:
G+G  A7A7 D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G

Verse 4:
    D MajorD      G+G D MajorD G+G
In the deep of the night
    C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
In the deep of the night
    G/DG/D   G+G
By the river so still
           A7A7
where sorrows come to heal
          C majorC  D MajorD
And wrongs are made right
            G+G D MajorD G+G
Down in the deep of the night
    C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
In the deep of the night
   G/DG/D      G+G
On a creaking porch swing
         A7A7
the ancient ones sing
   D MajorD     G+G C majorC G+G
"everything is alright"

Verse 5:
    D MajorD      G+G D MajorD G+G
Go on ahead and go home
    C majorC      G+G C majorC G+G
Go on ahead and go home
           G+G
Boy, you've done your best
G/DG/D        A7A7           C majorC
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D MajorD          G+G D MajorD G+G
 Go on ahead and go home
    C majorC      G+G C majorC  G+G
Go on ahead and go home
  G/DG/D      G+G           A7A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
     D MajorD  G+G C majorC G+G
You won't be alone