Tom T Hall - Homecoming Chords

_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I guess I should have written that to let you know that I was coming home
_ I've _ _
_ [A] been gone so many years, I didn't realize you had a phone
I _ _ _ [E] saw your cattle coming in, boy they're looking mighty fat and slick
_ I _ _ _ [A] saw Fred at the service station [B] told me that his wife was off [E] sick
You _ _ _ heard my record on the radio, oh well it's just another song _ _ _ _
But [A] I've got a hit recorded and it'll be out on the market for too long
[D] I _ _ [A] _
[E] got this ring in Mexico, no, it didn't cost me quite a bunch _ _ _ _
When [A] you're in the business that I'm in, [B] people call it putting [E] up front
_ I _ _ _ know I've lost a little weight, I guess I am looking kind of pale
_ _ If _ _ [A] you didn't know me better dad, you'd think that I'd just gotten out of jail _ _ _ _ _
No [E] we don't, never call them beer joints, nightclubs are the places where I work
You _ _ _
[A] meet a lot of people there, but [B] no, there ain't no chance [E] of getting hurt
_ [C#] I'm _ _ [F] _
[F#] sorry that I couldn't be here with you all when mama passed away
_ [B] [F#] I _ _ [B] was on the road and when they came and told me it was just too late
_ I _ _
_ [F#] drove by the grave to see her, boy that really is pretty stone _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] I'm glad that Fred and Jan are here, [C#] it's better than you being here [F#] alone
Well _ _ [B] _
[F#] I knew you was gonna ask me who the lady is that's sleeping in the car
_ That's _ _
_ [B] just a girl who works for me and man she plays a pretty mean guitar
We _ _ _ _ [F#] worked in San Antonio last night, she didn't even have the time to dress
She _ _ _ [B] drove me down from Nashville [C#] and to tell the truth I guess she [F#] needs the rest _ _ _ _
Well dad I gotta go, we gotta dance to work in Cartersville tonight
_ Let _ [B] _
[F#] _ [B] me take your number down, I'll call you and I promise you [E] I'll [B] write
Now _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] you be good, don't be chased and all those pretty women that you know
_ _ [B] And [F#] _
_ [B] by the way if you see Barbara [C#] Walker, tell her that I [F#] said hello _ _ _ _ _
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