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[Verse 1]
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The warden who led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
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And I got up to say, goodbye like all the rest
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When I heard him tell the warden just before they reached my cell
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Let my guitar playing friend do my request


[Chorus]
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Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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And gake me away and turn back the years
A            E             A
Sing me back home before I die


[Instrumental--Electric Guitar]
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[Verse 2]
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I remember last Sunday evening, a choir from off the streets
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They came in to sing a few old gospel songs
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And I heard him ask the singers, there's a song my mama sang
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Won't you sing it once before you move along?


[Chorus]
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Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear?
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Make my old memories come alive
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And take me away and turn back the years
A            E             A
Sing me back home before I die
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won't you sing me back home before I die?