Tom: Em
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Home Again Blues Irving Berlin and Harry Akst
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE
Another little known Irving Berlin song with a challenging introduction.
I like this version by Aileen Stanley - but it's in C, and the lyrics are different:
It's easier to get the background orchestration from the chords in D -
listen lots to Aileen Stanley and then copy what you hear in D.
INTRODUCTION CHORD SHAPES VERSE CHORD SHAPES
B7 E7 A7 D Em7 A6 D6 Esus2 D G D6 B7 E7 A7
E|-5--4--3--2-0---2--2--2-----| e|-2-3--2--5--4--3-|
B|-4--3--2--3-3---2--0--0-----| B|-3-0--0--4--3--2-|
G|-4--4--2--2-0---2--2--1-----| G|-2-0--2--4--4--2-|
D|-4--x--2--0-0---2--0--2-----| D|-0-0--0--4--x--2-|
A|-x--x--0--x-2---0--x--2-----| A|-x-2--x--x--x--0-|
E|-x--x--x--x-0---x--x--0-----| E|-x-3--x--x--x--x-|
CHORUS CHORD SHAPES Outro chord shapes
G A7 D7 Gdim Am7 Dsus2 G C D C7 A7 D7
E|-3--0---2--4----5---7------| e|-3--0-2--3--0--2--|
B|-0--2---3--3----5---7------| B|-0--1-3--5--2--1--|
G|-0--0---2--4----5---7------| B|-0--0-2--3--0--2--|
D|-0--2---0--3----5---0------| D|-0--2-0--5--2--0--|
A|-2--0---0--x----7---x------| A|-2--3-x--3--0--x--|
E|-3--x---x--x----5---x------| E|-3--x-x--x--x--x--|
[Introduction 1]
B7 E7 A7 D Em7 Asus2 D D6 E9 A7
E|5-5-5-4---0-2-0-| 3---------1-0---|--------0-------|2-5-2-----------|R ----------------|2-------0-------R|
B|4-4-4-3---------| 2---0-1-2-----3-|--------3-------|2-----5-3-------|E ----0-----0-----|0-------2-------E|
G|4-4-4-4---------| 2-2-------------|2---------------|2-------2-------|P 2-----2-----2---|1-------0-------P|
D|4-4-4-----------| 2---------------|0-------0-------|2-------0-------|E 0-------0-------|0-------2-------E|
A|----------------| 0---------------|--------2-------|0---------------|A ----------------|2-------0-------A|
E|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------| T ----------------|0---------------T|
[Verse 1]
D G D6
I've been known to be a rolling stone for many years
G D6
Now alone, I sit around and moan when night appears
B7 E7 A7
Thoughts of my home fill me with regrettable
D
tears.
E|2---2---1-0---2-|----------------|
B|3---0---0-0---3-|----------------|
G|2---2---1-0---2-|--------------0-|
D|0---0---0-0---0-|--------0-2-4---|
A|x---x---x-x---x-|--0-2-4---------|
E|x---x---x-x---x-|----------------|
D G D6
Every year Oh! how I long to hear a bit of news.
G D6
Friends appear to offer words of cheer but I refuse.
B7 E7 A7
Pack up my trunk 'cause I've got those home again
D D7
blues. I'm going
E|2---2---1-0---2-|----x---0---2---|
B|3---0---0-0---3-|----3---2---1---|
G|2---2---1-0---2-|----2---0---2---|
D|0---0---0-0---0-|----0---x---x---|
A|----x---x-x---x-|----x---x---x---|
E|----x---x-x---x-|----x---x---x---|
[Chorus 1]
G A7
Home, knock at the door Home, just like before
D7 G Gdim D7
Roam, never no more There's no place like
G A7
Home I'm hurrying along Home, it's where I belong
D7
Oh! I've got the home again
G – Am7 - D6 - G -
blues
E|3-------5-------| 7-10-7-5-3-------|
B|0-------5-------| 7--------0-------|
G|0-------5-------| 7--------0-------|
D|0-------5-------| 0--------0-------|
A|2-------7-------| x--------2-------|
E|3-------5-------| x--------3-------|
[Introduction 2]
B7 E7 A7 D Em7 Asus2 D D6 E9 A7
E|5-5-5-4---0-2-0-| 3---------1-0---|--------0-------|2-5-2-----------|R ----------------|2-------0-------R|
B|4-4-4-3---------| 2---0-1-2-----3-|--------3-------|2-----5-3-------|E ----0-----0-----|0-------2-------E|
G|4-4-4-4---------| 2-2-------------|2---------------|2-------2-------|P 2-----2-----2---|1-------0-------P|
D|4-4-4-----------| 2---------------|0-------0-------|2-------0-------|E 0-------0-------|0-------2-------E|
A|----------------| 0---------------|--------2-------|0---------------|A ----------------|2-------0-------A|
E|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------| T ----------------|0---------------T|
[Verse 2]
D G D6
I can't wait until I reach that gate and home I see
G D6
Sure as fate I know they're gonna wait to welcome me
B7 E7 A7 D
I want to state that's the end of my misery.
D G D6
If I knew I'd ever feel so blue I'd never roam
G D6
But it's true you learn a thing or two away from home
B7 E7 A7
I'm telling you I'm no more a rolling
D D7
stone I'm go -ing
E|2---2---1-0---2-|----x---0---2---|
B|3---0---0-0---3-|----3---2---1---|
G|2---2---1-0---2-|----2---0---2---|
D|0---0---0-0---0-|----0---x---x---|
A|----x---x-x---x-|----x---x---x---|
E|----x---x-x---x-|----x---x---x---|
[Chorus 2]
G A7
Home, knock at the door Home, just like before
D7 G Gdim D7
Roam, never no more There's no place like
G A7
Home I'm hurrying along Home, it's where I belong
D7
Oh! I've got the home again
G – Am7 - D6 - G -
blues
E|3-------5-------| 7-10-7-5-3-------|
B|0-------5-------| 7--------0-------|
G|0-------5-------| 7--------0-------|
D|0-------5-------| 0--------0-------|
A|2-------7-------|---------2-------|
E|3-------5-------|---------3-------|
[Outro]
G C G
When I left home I didn't have a cent
G A7 D7
I wasn't broke but I was badly bent
G C G
I didn't have a single dime to count
G Em G D7 G
Now I'm going home with the same amount.
G C G
My letters tell me daddy's doing fine
G A7 D7
And that my brother's working all the time
G C G
With all that money rolling in the sack
G Em G D7 G
Ain't nobody living can hold me back
C7 G
Feet, just heed my prayer Don't you
C7 G
weaken till you do your share
A7 D7
I've gotta heartache I wanna partake
A7 D7
Of all the joy that's waiting there I'm going
[Chorus 3]
G A7
Home, knock at the door Home, just like before
D7 G Gdim D7
Roam, never no more There's no place like
G A7
Home I'm hurrying along Home, it's where I belong
D7
Oh! I've got the home again
G – Am7 - D6 - G -
blues
E|3-------5-------| 7-10-7-5-3-------|
B|0-------5-------| 7--------0-------|
G|0-------5-------| 7--------0-------|
D|0-------5-------| 0--------0-------|
A|2-------7-------| x--------2-------|
|3-------5-------|x--------3-------|
