G D G
[Verse 1]
G
Well, she looked so small
D
She looked so frail
C
It was like the world forgot her
Bm
As she stood outside the jail
[Verse 2]
G
They sit and stare
D
They rarely speak
C
She comes to see him
Bm
The same time every week
[Verse 3]
G
And never wants to leave
D
But she knows she must
C
Then the yellow cab comes right on time
Bm D
And scoops her up like a speck of dust
[Chorus]
C D G
When it’s time to go home
C G Am C
It’s time to go home
D B7
Where the night stays too long
Em
In a world that’s just gone wrong
C D G
It’s time to go home
[Verse 4]
G
How did one summer
D
Become nineteen years?
C
The Alaskan winters took their toll
Bm
And then they made it clear
[Verse 5]
G
The gillnets and seiners
D
The salmon and crab
C
The dull-eyed girls of Ketchikan
Bm
That took all that I had
[Verse 6]
G
I could sell the boat
D
Cash the whole thing down
C
Move back to the Forty-Eight
Bm D
Just tell stories back in that small town
[Chorus]
C D G
When it’s time to go home
C G Am C
It’s time to go home
D B7
Where the night stays too long
Em
In a world that’s just gone wrong
C D G
It’s time to go home
[Verse 7]
G
Well, your t-shirt’s clean
D
Like your dungarees
C
And in two days you will be
Bm
On your way overseas
[Verse 8]
G
Sit on the bed
D
With a warm six-pack
C
Ah, it’s not like how they said
Bm
But it’s too late now to take it back
[Verse 9]
G
So you make some calls
D
But no one’s home
C
You nurse your beers
Bm D
And spend the long night by the telephone
[Chorus]
C D G
When it’s time to go home
C G Am C
It’s time to go home
D B7
Where the night stays too long
Em
In a world that’s just gone wrong
C D G
It’s time to go home
