Great Big Sea – Dont Wanna Go Home (Ukulele)

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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.)        C
I don't wanna go home, 

                F
Don't bring the lights up, 

               G
don't ring the bell. 

                      C
Once the whistle has blown, 

          F                          G
God only knows when we'll meet here again.

[Bridge 1]

          Am          G
Tell the band not to stop, 

          F              C
Tell the curtain, don't drop, 

         F
Keep the bar stool King, 

              G
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]

              Am        G
It's just the moment to make.. 

      F          C
This perfect mistake. 

F                      G
Until we spend hours alone. 

                    F    G     C
I don't want to go home.

       F         C
It's a matter of fact.. 

         F          C
You can never look back, 

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

    F            C
But I won't forget it. 

    F              C
I won't be caught treading, 

       F                      G
On the bridges that I myself burned

-KEY CHANGES FROM D TO E- [Instrumental] (x2) D, G, A [Bridge 3]

        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.

[Chorus 3]

                 D
I don't wanna go home,

                   G
I've been gone forever, 

   A
I don't wanna face, 

                     D
All the punches I've thrown, 

             G                       A
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]

(D, G, A)
I don't want to go home (x6)