Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
When I was but a boy in days of childhood
D MajorD G+G
I use to play 'til evening shadows come
C majorC G+G
Then winding down an old familiar pathway
D MajorD G+G
I'd hear my mother call at set of the sun
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Come home, come home, it's suppertime
D MajorD G+G
The shadows lengthen fast
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Come home, come home, it's suppertime
D MajorD G+G
We're going home at last
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
One day beside her bedside I was kneeling
D MajorD G+G
and angel wings were winnowing the air
C majorC G+G
She heard the call for suppertime in Heaven
D MajorD G+G
and now I know she's waiting foe me there
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Come home, come home, it's suppertime
D MajorD G+G
The shadows lengthen fast
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Come home, come home, it's suppertime
D MajorD G+G
We're going home at last
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
In visions now I see her standing yonder
D MajorD G+G
and her familiar voice I hear once more
C majorC G+G
The banquet table's ready up in Heaven
D MajorD G+G
It's suppertime upon the Golden Shore
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Come home, come home, it's suppertime
D MajorD G+G
The shadows lengthen fast
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Come home, come home, it's suppertime
D MajorD G+G
We're going home at last