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[Intro] G G
G D C G
warden -led a prisoner - down the hallway - to his doom
G D G
I stood up - to say good-bye like - all the rest
G D C G
And I heard him - tell the warden - just before he reached my cell
G D G
'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.' (Let him...)
G D C G
Let him sing me back home - with a song- I used to hear
G D
Make my old memories - come alive
G D C G
Take me away - and turn back the years
G C D G
Sing me back home - before I die
[Break] G D C G D D7 G D C G D G C G
G D C G
I recall -last Sunday morning - a choir from 'off the streets
G D
Came in to sing a few- old gospel songs
G D C G
And I heard him - tell the singers – a There's a song my mama sang
G D G
Can I hear once - before you move along
G D C G
Let him sing me back home - with a song I used to hear
G D
Make my old memories come alive
G D C G
And Take me away - and turn back the years
G C D G
Sing me back home - before I die
G C D G
Sing me back home - before I die