BmDG
Say goodbye to Miss Jenny sleeping on a subway grate
BmDG
Say goodbye to all the ladies waiting for the tricks to show
BmDG
Got a 100 dollars, more than I need to score
BmDG
Got a 100 dollars, just enough to get me home
[Chorus 1]
DA
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
EmG
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
DA
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
EmG
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Verse 2]
BmDG
Came from Maricopa, had no family left
BmDG
Worked the Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set
BmDG
Ended up a junkie livin' in my brother's car
BmDG
Don’t shed a tear for me home ain’t so far
[Chorus 2]
DA
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
EmG
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
DA
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
EmG
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
No, he never come back
[Solo]
Bm D G x4
D A Em G x2
[Verse 3]
BmDG
International Boulevard ladies, don’t you weep and moan
BmDG
I've gone to a better place off these dirty streets
BmDG
Mister Patel, won't you send my ashes home
BmDG
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove
[Chorus 3]
DA
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
EmG
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
DA
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
EmG
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back
[Chorus 4]
DA
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
EmG
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
DA
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
EmG
Went to Kandahar, but he never came back