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Home Ill Never Be

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Capo 3rd Fret
Intro:   C    G    F  C  
...well I left New CYork
in Fnineteen forty-Cnine
to Ggo across the Ccountry
without a Fdad-blamed Cdime
GMon  -  Ctana in the Fcold cold Cfall
I Gfound my Cfather in a Fgam - Gbling Chall
Ffather Cfather
Gwhere have you Cbeen
I've Fbeen out in the Cworld
since I was Gonly   Cten
don't Fworry about Cme
Fif I should Gdie of pleuriCsy
Fcross the Mississippi
Ccross the Tennessee
Gcross the Niagara
Fhome I'll never Cbe
Fhome in old Medora
Chome in ol' Truckee
GApalachicola
Fhome I'll never CbeG  
for Fbetter or for Cworse
or Gthick and Cthin
Flike bein' Cmarried to the Glittle Fpoor Cman
Fgod loves Cme
just like GI love Chim
I Fwant you to Cdo
just the Gsame for Chim
Fall the Cworms eat away
but don't Fworry
Gwatch the Cwind
Fall the Cworms eat away
but don't Fworry
Gwatch the Cwind
Fall the Cworms eat away
but don't Fworry
Gwatch the Cwind
so FI left MonCtana
on an Gold freight Ctrain
the Fnight my Cfather died
in the Fcold Gcold Crain
Fhome in old Medora
Chome in ol' Truckee
GApalachicola
Fhome I'll never Cbe,  Fhome i'll never Cbe, Fhome I'll Gnever Cbe

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Home Ill Never Be

by Tom Waits

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Capo 3rd Fret

C G F C

Intro:

...well I left New York

F C

in nineteen forty-nine

G C

to go across the country

F C

without a dad-blamed dime

G C F C

Mon - tana in the cold cold fall

G C F G C

I found my father in a gam - bling hall

F C

father father

G C

where have you been

F C

I've been out in the world

G C

since I was only ten

F C

don't worry about me

F G C

if I should die of pleurisy

cross the Mississippi

cross the Tennessee

cross the Niagara

F C

home I'll never be

home in old Medora

home in ol' Truckee

Apalachicola

F C G

home I'll never be

F C

for better or for worse

G C

or thick and thin

F C G F C

like bein' married to the little poor man

F C

god loves me

G C

just like I love him

F C

I want you to do

G C

just the same for him

F C

all the worms eat away

but don't worry

G C

watch the wind

F C

all the worms eat away

but don't worry

G C

watch the wind

F C

all the worms eat away

but don't worry

G C

watch the wind

F C

so I left Montana

G C

on an old freight train

F C

the night my father died

F G C

in the cold cold rain

home in old Medora

home in ol' Truckee

Apalachicola

F C F C F G C

home I'll never be, home i'll never be, home I'll never be

About Home Ill Never Be Chords by Tom Waits

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