Go On Ahead And Go Home chords by Iris Dement

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G C G  A7 D
G  C  G

Verse 1:
    D      G D G
Go on ahead and go home
    C      G C G
Go on ahead and go home
G/D          G
Boy, you've done your best
          A7           C
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D          G D G
 Go on ahead and go home
    C      G C  G
Go on ahead and go home
  G/D      G           A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
  D     G C G
You won't be alone

Verse 2:
      D      G D G
Go let your mama see you smile
      C      G C G
Go let your mama see you smile
G/D       G          A7
Mama's going to wait however long it takes
          C   D
But it's sure been awhile
             G D G
Go let your mama see you smile
      C  G C    G
Go let your mama  see you smile
   G/D       G
She's standing in the sun saying
           A7
"Boy, your works been done by
 D     G C G D
a long, long mile"

Instrumental:
G  A7 D
G C G

Verse 3:
        D      G D G
Down where the cotton grows tall
        C      G C G
Down where the cotton grows tall
     G/D   G            A7
Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows
            C  D
Beside the old mare's stall
              G D G
Down where the cotton grows tall
        C      G C G
Down where the cotton grows tall
   G/D      G
And a fragrant delta breeze
          A7
shakes the cypress trees
   D      G C G D
Down deep in the Fall

Instrumental:
G  A7 D
G C G

Verse 4:
    D      G D G
In the deep of the night
    C      G C G
In the deep of the night
    G/D   G
By the river so still
           A7
where sorrows come to heal
          C  D
And wrongs are made right
            G D G
Down in the deep of the night
    C      G C G
In the deep of the night
   G/D      G
On a creaking porch swing
         A7
the ancient ones sing
   D     G C G
"everything is alright"

Verse 5:
    D      G D G
Go on ahead and go home
    C      G C G
Go on ahead and go home
           G
Boy, you've done your best
G/D        A7           C
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D          G D G
 Go on ahead and go home
    C      G C  G
Go on ahead and go home
  G/D      G           A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
     D  G C G
You won't be alone