Grateful Dead – I Will Take You Home (Guitar)

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B
Little girl lost

In a forest of dreams. It's a dark old wood

         F#
And it's damp with dew.

Hoot owl hoots For a moment it seems

E
Something big and cold

      F#
Got a hold of you.

G#m       F#              E
Just when everything gets scary,

                            F#sus4   F#
Daddy's come 'round for his darlin' again.

G#m     F#        E
Hold my hand with your little fingers.

                          F#sus4     F#
Daddy's loving arms gonna gather you in.

B                F#
Ain't no way the Bogeyman can get you,

                             B
You can close your eyes, the world is gonna let you,

                      E
Your daddy's here and never will forget you,

F#              B
I will take you home.

F#              B
I will take you home.

G#m   E              B          G#m
Gonna carry you back home in my arms.

E               B
I will take you home.

B
Long is the road

We must travel on down. Short are the legs

           F#
That will struggle behind.

I wish I knew for sure Just where we're bound,

E
What we will be doin'

                F#
And what we're gonna find.

G#m          F#               E
Wherever we go, there will be birds to cheer you

                         F#
Flowers to color in the fields around.

G#m          F#          E                  
Wherever we go, I'll be right here near you

                        F#
You can't get lost when you're always found.

B                   F#
Ain't no fog that's thick enough to hide you

                                B
Your daddy's gonna be right here beside you

                      E
If your fears should start to get inside you.

F#              B    
I will take you home.

F#              B
I will take you home.

G#m    E              B
Gonna carry you back home

      G#m
In my arms.

E               B
I will take you home.