Judy Collins – Home Before Dark (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am Em F C F Dm7 C G [Verse 1]
               C
I packed up my bags

F                   G
Put in my favourite Levi's

             C     F        G
Laid my mandolin beside the door

             Am
"Listen Mama
[Chorus]
           Em  F                C        F
I won't be long__, don't worry about me

        Dm7         C      Am
I'll be home before dark

          Em   F                       C       F
I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me

        Dm7         C        G
I'll be home before dark"
[Verse 2]
         C       F
Bought a ticket

            G
To New York City

        C       F    G
One way out and no return

              C
I watched the sun go down

 F                     G
Across the plains from Denver

              C       F       G      Bb
Lord, how the western sky can burn
[Bridge]
                 F
Met a boy in the darkness

Ab                 Eb
Handsome, tall and heartless

Cm                Bb              F
Loved him like an eagle loves the wind

                     Am
Till I heard him say
[Chorus:]
            Em  F                C        F
"I won't be long__, don't worry about me

        Dm7         C      Am
I'll be home before dark

          Em   F                       C       F
I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me

        Dm7         C
I'll be home before dark"
[Instrumental] Am Em F C F Dm7 C (2x) [Verse 3]
G                      C
My daughter looks like him they say

   F                 G
To me she looks like mama

               C      F      G
I see an eagle shadow in her eyes

                   C
Last night, on her birthday

            F             G
We blew the candles out together

                  C       F     G
I wonder will she take me by surprise

                     Am
When she says, "Mama
[Chorus]
           Em  F                C        F
I won't be long__, don't worry about me

        Dm7         C      Am
I'll be home before dark

          Em   F                       C       F
I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me

        Dm7         C        F
I'll be home before dark

        Dm7         C
I'll be home before dark"