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I'm going homeEm7  
See my mother
I'm going home
To see my dear old dad
I'm going home
To be with my sister
I'm going home
Won't my brother be glad?
[Verse 1]
Going home, yeahEm7  
Going to look out the window
I'm going home
To see what I saw in the past
I'm going home
Where somebody love me
I'm going home
Though I might be in rags
    F#m7Been so B7sus4long    B7since
Am7I    began to Am7/Groam
Never should have F#m7-5left home
Thought Cmaj7I was grown
But        B7sus4now I see       F#m7/Bwhat it B7susmeant to meB7  
I'm going homeEm7  
See my mother
I'm going home
To be with dear old dad
I'm going home
To be with my sister
I'm going home and
Won't my brother be glad?
Going home
Look out the window
Going home
Do I see what I saw in the past?
I'm going home
Where somebody love me
Going home
Won't my mama be glad?
[Refrain]
      F#m7It's been B7sus4so      B7long since I began to Am7roam
      F#m7-5Thought I'd make it on my B7sus4own
        F#m7/BAll I wanna do is go homeB7  
[Verse 3]
Going Em7home
See you mama
Going home
This whole world's treated me bad
Going home, dad E7+9dy
Put your arm around E7+9you
Going home
Ah, I won't be sad
Going home
I've cried these teardrops
I'm going E7+9home
I don't know where to Em7roam
Going homeE7+9  
I, I need
Going home
Won't I, won't I be glad
I'm going home
Where the sunshine is
I'm going home
There are no clouds of gray
Going homeEm7  
See my old buddy
I'm going home
Shake my friends' hands today
[Refrain]
     F#m7Whoa it's B7sus4been    so B7long
Am7Since I began to Am7/Groam
        F#m7-5Thought I could make it on my B7sus4own
       F#m7/BBut I now B7see, gotta go B7sus4backB7  
[Chorus]
   going homeEm7  
See my mother
I'm going home
To be with my dear dad
Going home
To see my sisters
Going home
Won't my brother be glad?
Going homeE7+9  
See my Em7mother
Going home
Kiss my dear old dad, woo
Going E7+9home
See my sister, yeahEm7  
Going E7+9home
Won't my brother be Em7glad?
Going home
Going home
Going home
Going home

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Im Going Home

by Marvin Gaye

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Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

F#m7

B7sus4

Am7

Am7/G

F#m7-5

Cmaj7

F#m7/B

B7sus

E7+9

Em7

I'm going home

See my mother

I'm going home

To see my dear old dad

I'm going home

To be with my sister

I'm going home

Won't my brother be glad?

[Verse 1]

Em7

Going home, yeah

Going to look out the window

I'm going home

To see what I saw in the past

I'm going home

Where somebody love me

I'm going home

Though I might be in rags

F#m7 B7sus4 B7

Been so long since

Am7 Am7/G

I began to roam

F#m7-5

Never should have left home

Cmaj7

Thought I was grown

B7sus4 F#m7/B B7sus B7

But now I see what it meant to me

Em7

I'm going home

See my mother

I'm going home

To be with dear old dad

I'm going home

To be with my sister

I'm going home and

Won't my brother be glad?

Going home

Look out the window

Going home

Do I see what I saw in the past?

I'm going home

Where somebody love me

Going home

Won't my mama be glad?

[Refrain]

F#m7 B7sus4 B7 Am7

It's been so long since I began to roam

F#m7-5 B7sus4

Thought I'd make it on my own

F#m7/B B7

All I wanna do is go home

[Verse 3]

Em7

Going home

See you mama

Going home

This whole world's treated me bad

E7+9

Going home, dad dy

E7+9

Put your arm around you

Going home

Ah, I won't be sad

Going home

I've cried these teardrops

E7+9

I'm going home

Em7

I don't know where to roam

E7+9

Going home

I, I need

Going home

Won't I, won't I be glad

I'm going home

Where the sunshine is

I'm going home

There are no clouds of gray

Em7

Going home

See my old buddy

I'm going home

Shake my friends' hands today

[Refrain]

F#m7 B7sus4 B7

Whoa it's been so long

Am7 Am7/G

Since I began to roam

F#m7-5 B7sus4

Thought I could make it on my own

F#m7/B B7 B7sus4 B7

But I now see, gotta go back

[Chorus]

Em7

going home

See my mother

I'm going home

To be with my dear dad

Going home

To see my sisters

Going home

Won't my brother be glad?

E7+9

Going home

Em7

See my mother

Going home

Kiss my dear old dad, woo

E7+9

Going home

Em7

See my sister, yeah

E7+9

Going home

Em7

Won't my brother be glad?

Going home

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