{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1777409,"song":"Homecoming","artist":"Tom T. Hall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11389422-homecoming-chords-by-tom-t-hall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1777409?type=chord","rating":4.71983,"votes":37,"content":"[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI guess I should've written, Dad, to let you know that I was coming home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been gone so many years, I didn't realize you had a phone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI saw your cattle coming in, boy they're looking mighty fat and slick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI saw Fred at the service station, told me that his wife is awful sick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou heard my record on the radio, oh, well it's just another song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I've got a hit recorded and it'll be out on the market 'fore too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got this ring in Mexico, no, it didn't cost me quite a bunch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]B[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen you're in the business that I'm in, the people call it puttin' up a front[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI know I've lost a little weight, I guess I am looking kind of pale[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you didn't know me better, Dad, you'd think that I'd just gotten out of jail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNo, we don't ever call them beer joints, night clubs are the places that I work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou meet a lot of people there, but no, there ain't much chance of gettin' hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'm sorry that I couldn't be there with you all when Momma passed away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nI was on the road and when they came and told me it was just too late[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI drove by the grave to see her, boy, that really is a pretty stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                    [ch]C#[/ch]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'm glad that Fred and Jan are here, it's better than you being here alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell I knew you's gonna ask me who the lady is that's sleeping in the car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat's just a girl who works for me and, man, she plays a pretty mean guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWe worked in San Antone last night, she didn't even have the time to dress[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                       [ch]C#[/ch]                                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nShe drove me down from Nashville and to tell the truth I guess she needs the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell, Dad, I gotta go, we got a dance to work in Cartersville tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nLet me take your number down, I'll call you, and I promise you I'll write[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow you be good and don't be chasin' all those pretty women that you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                 [ch]C#[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd by the way if you see Barbara Walker tell her that I said \"Hello.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["E","A","B","F#","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}