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Mama I'm On My Way Home by Ian Noe
Mama I'm On My Way Home
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Dm
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Dm
Dm F Am G
Dm F G
[Verse 1]
Dm F
Oh dark was the day John Dawson they say
Am G
Per-ished in his freedom shores
Dm F
He was killed inside of the rebel tide
G Dm
At the time of the Vietnam war
Dm F
He fell a soldier at less and a hero at best
Am G
With glory to his side
Dm F
But it wasn't his death or the hole in his chest
G Dm
That made the gravestones cry
Dm F
For his mother at home was grey and alone
Am G
Wondering when John was on his way
Dm F
So in his dyin' hour he wrote to her
G Dm
And this is what he had to say
[Refrain]
Dm F
Mama I'm writing to you
Am G
And if you want to write me too
Dm F
You better print fast for my time shall pass
Am G
And my last wind's already blew
Dm F
The angel she brings her halo and wings
Am G
To carry me not alone
Dm F
Well I'm a-goin' to heaven where there ain't no war
G Dm
Mama, I'm on my way home
[Verse 2]
Dm F
Oh cold was the bay where John's body lay
Am G
On an hour nothin' but wrong
Dm F
And while his mother heard a man sing highway hymns
G Dm
But her son was already gone
Dm F
And not another lone isle and not another dust mile
Am G
Will be walked with the boots anymore
Dm F
And as the raven flew o'er the rifled shoulder
G Dm
Crowed out, "why and what for?"
Dm F
And as the gulf rolled slowly and the storm fell only
Am G
On the dead yet not the few
Dm F
The lightning from his note that he clashed and wrote
G Dm
Struck down and the rainbow spewed
[Refrain]
Dm F
Mama I'm writing to you
Am G
And if you want to write me too
Dm F
You better print fast for my time shall pass
Am G
And my last wind's already blew
Dm F
The angel she brings her halo and wings
Am G
To carry me not alone
Dm F
Well I'm a-goin' to heaven where there ain't no war
G Dm
Mama, I'm on my way home
[Verse 3]
Dm F
Oh dark was the day John Dawson waved
Am G
Goodbye when the ships overflowed
Dm F
As they were carrying him above to the flowers and doves
G Dm
His words rang out from below
[Refrain]
Dm F
Mama I'm writing to you
Am G
And if you want to write me too
Dm F
You better print fast for my time shall pass
Am G
And my last wind's already blew
Dm F
The angel she brings her halo and wings
Am G
To carry me not alone
Dm F
Well I'm a-goin' to heaven where there ain't no war
G Dm
Mama, I'm on my way home
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