Cracker – Almond Grove (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm D G x4 D A Em G x2 [Verse 1]
Bm                     D                           G
Say goodbye to Miss Jenny sleeping on a subway grate

Bm                            D                         G
Say goodbye to all the ladies waiting for the tricks to show

Bm                D                   G
Got a 100 dollars, more than I need to score

Bm              D                     G
Got a 100 dollars, just enough to get me home
[Chorus 1]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields

             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead

               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack

               Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Verse 2]
Bm                 D                G
Came from Maricopa, had no family left

Bm               D                                G
Worked the Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set

Bm                D                      G
Ended up a junkie livin' in my brother's car

Bm                    D                 G
Don’t shed a tear for me home ain’t so far
[Chorus 2]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields

             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead

               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack

             Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
No, he never come back [Solo] Bm D G x4 D A Em G x2 [Verse 3]
Bm                      D                         G
International Boulevard ladies, don’t you weep and moan

Bm                          D                G
I've gone to a better place off these dirty streets

Bm                      D                G
Mister Patel, won't you send my ashes home

Bm                 D                G
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove
[Chorus 3]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields

             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead

               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack

             Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Chorus 4]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields

             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead

               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack

             Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never came back
Gonna see him now [Outro] Bm D G x2