Great Big Sea – Dont Wanna Go Home (Guitar)

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The closing song on GBS's 2010 album, Safe Upon The Shore. A fabulous, underrated song in my opinion! [Chorus 1]
   (N.C.)        D
I don't wanna go home, 

                G
Don't bring the lights up, 

               A
don't ring the bell. 

                      D
Once the whistle has blown, 

          G                          A
God only knows when we'll meet here again.
[Bridge 1]
          Bm          A
Tell the band not to stop, 

          G              D
Tell the curtain, don't drop, 

         G
Keep the bar stool King, 

              A
High on his throne!
[Chorus 2] I don't wanna go Home, Don't wanna leave till it's all said and done. Guess I should have known, I'd want to stay until we'd seen the sun. [Bridge 2]
              Bm        A
It's just the moment to make.. 

      G          D
This perfect mistake. 

G                      A
Until we spend hours alone. 

                    G    A     D
I don't want to go home.

       G         D
It's a matter of fact.. 

         G          D
You can never look back, 

       G                      A
It's a lesson that some never learn. 

    G            D
But I won't forget it. 

    G              D
I won't be caught treading, 

       G                      A
On the bridges that I myself burned
-KEY CHANGES FROM D TO E- [Instrumental] (x2) E, A, B [Bridge 3]
        A        E
It's a matter of fact, 

        A          E
You can never look back, 

        A                      B
It's a lesson that some never learn. 

    A           E
But I won't forget it. 

   A               E
I won't be caught treading, 

       A                     B
On the bridges that I myself burned.
[Chorus 3]
                 E
I don't wanna go home,

                   A
I've been gone forever, 

   B
I don't wanna face, 

                     E
All the punches I've thrown, 

             A                       B
And all the wounded who fueled my escape.
[Bridge 4] Tell the band not to stop, Tell the curtain, don't drop, Keep the bar stool King, High on his throne! 'Cause somewhere in the dark There's a well-broken heart, Who's willing to cast the first stone. [Outro]
(E, A, B)
I don't want to go home (x6)