Chords for Big Thief - I Was Young When I Left Home

Tempo:
116 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Bb

F

Gm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Big Thief - I Was Young When I Left Home chords
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[Eb]
[F]
[Gm] [Bb]
I was young when I left home And I've been out rambling [Eb] round
And I never wrote a letter to [F] my own To my own, Lord, to [Eb] my own
And I never wrote a letter to my own It was just the other day
I was bringing [Eb] home my pay When I met an old friend I [F] used to know
Said, [Bb] your mother's dead and gone Little sister's all [Eb] alone
And your daddy needs you [Bb] home Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny on [Eb] my name I can't go home [F] this way
This [Bb] way, Lord, Lord, [Eb] Lord, Lord I can't go home [Bb] this way
[Eb]
[F]
[Bb]
If you miss the train I'm on Count the days [Eb] I'm gone
You'll hear that whistle blow A [F] hundred miles, a hundred [Bb] miles, honey babe
Lord, [Eb] Lord, Lord You'll hear that whistle blow A hundred [Bb] miles
[Eb]
[F] [Bb]
And I'm playing on the track And I'll come [Eb] walking back
When the trestle's down by the porch [F] in the cake
When [Bb] I pay the debt out To the [C] commissary store
I will put on my watch and chain [Bb] and go home
I used to tell them all sometimes When I see them riding [Eb] blind
I'm gonna make me a mountain in the [F] wind In [Bb] the wind, Lord, Lord, in the [Eb] wind
I'm gonna make me a [Bb] mountain in the wind Well, I don't like it in the wind
I wanna come [Eb] back home again But I can't go home this way
[F] This [Bb] way, Lord, Lord, Lord, [Eb]
Lord No, I can't go home this [Bb] way
I was young when I left home And I've been out [Eb] ramblin' around
And I never wrote a letter [Bb] to my mom
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Eb
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Bb
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F
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Gm
123111113
C
3211
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was young when I left home And _ I've been out rambling [Eb] round
_ _ And I never wrote a letter to [F] my own _ To my own, _ _ _ Lord, to [Eb] my own
_ _ And I never wrote a letter to my own _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It was just the other day
I was bringing [Eb] home my pay _ When I met an old friend I [F] used to know
Said, [Bb] your mother's dead and gone Little sister's all [Eb] alone
And your daddy needs you [Bb] home _ _ _ _ Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny on [Eb] my name I _ can't go home [F] this way
_ This [Bb] way, Lord, _ _ _ Lord, [Eb] Lord, Lord _ _ I can't go home [Bb] this way _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If you miss the train I'm on _ Count the days [Eb] I'm gone
_ _ You'll hear that whistle blow A [F] hundred miles, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a hundred [Bb] miles, honey babe
_ Lord, [Eb] Lord, Lord _ _ _ You'll hear that whistle blow A hundred [Bb] miles
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And I'm playing on the track And I'll come [Eb] walking back
When _ the trestle's down by the porch [F] in the cake
_ When [Bb] I pay the debt out To the [C] commissary store
I will put on my watch and chain [Bb] and go home
_ _ I used to tell them all sometimes When I see them riding [Eb] blind _ _
_ I'm gonna make me a mountain in the [F] _ wind In [Bb] the wind, Lord, _ _ _ Lord, in the [Eb] wind
_ _ I'm gonna make me a [Bb] mountain in the wind _ Well, _ _ _ I don't like it in the wind
I wanna come [Eb] back home again _ _ _ But I can't go home this way
[F] _ _ _ This [Bb] way, Lord, _ _ Lord, Lord, [Eb] _ _ _
Lord No, I can't go home this [Bb] way
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ was young when I left home And _ _ _ I've been out [Eb] ramblin' around
And _ I never wrote a letter [Bb] to my mom _ _
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