Tom: Bm
Bm D G
Say goodbye to Miss Jenny sleeping on a subway grate
Bm D G
Say goodbye to all the ladies waiting for the tricks to show
Bm D G
Got a 100 dollars, more than I need to score
Bm D G
Got a 100 dollars, just enough to get me home
[Chorus 1]
D A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
Em G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
D A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
Em G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Verse 2]
Bm D G
Came from Maricopa, had no family left
Bm D G
Worked the Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set
Bm D G
Ended up a junkie livin' in my brother's car
Bm D G
Don’t shed a tear for me home ain’t so far
[Chorus 2]
D A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
Em G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
D A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
Em G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
No, he never come back
[Solo]
Bm D G x4
D A Em G x2
[Verse 3]
Bm D G
International Boulevard ladies, don’t you weep and moan
Bm D G
I've gone to a better place off these dirty streets
Bm D G
Mister Patel, won't you send my ashes home
Bm D G
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove
[Chorus 3]
D A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
Em G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
D A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
Em G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Chorus 4]
D A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
Em G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
D A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
Em G
Went to Kandahar, but he never came back
