Almost Home

     Here's a relatively easy song that I enjoy playing.  In case you're
wondering where I got it from, it's found on the 'Let Her Cry' CD single.
I'm pretty sure that most of the chords and lyrics are correct.  Any help,
improvements or comments appreciated.




Transcribed by Scott Kornblatt (*)

Chords:  C    332010
         G    320003
         F    133211
         Em   022000
         Am   002210


  Intro:

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         A--------------3-slide-2---0---2---------------------------]
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     (Played with a swing beat)

         C     F     C     F

         C              F           C           F
         Walking on the water, in a van
         C         Em       Am   Em      G
         Trying to think of everything I can
                  F            G
         But it's getting very late
                   Em                   Am
         And these tapes don't sound no good
                F                               G
         And my body, just don't feel the way I wish it would


         I was driving when I heard you call my name
         It was not like before, not quite the same
         It's to late to be much good
         And I might as well confess
         That I have not got the nerve to borrow cigarettes

         
     Chorus:

         C        Em               G
         When I'm almost with you, music tries to play
         Whem I'm almost home, I almost hear you say
         It'll be alright if we could run away

                    
         (Here, you can either play C  F  C  F, or the following bass fill)


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         A--3--3-----3--0----------------3--3-----3--0--------------]
         E--------3--------1--0--1-------------3--------1--0--1-----]

         These silent things are all my life (???)
         No one ever tells me when or why
         Oh but my heart can't seem to tell me
         What would satisfy my mind
         So I jump into that van just one more time

         Chorus (and Bass fill)

         Solo (C  Em  Am  G  Am  G  Em  Am  F  G)

         I was driving when I heard you call my name
         It was not like before, not quite the same
         Oh but my heart can't seem to tell me
         What would satisfy my mind
         So I jump into that van just one more time

         Chorus (Bass fill played twice)

( B  F# G )
Please, please believe
Can't you see
This is not me

( B  F# G )
Weep, weep next to me
Eternity
We bleed, bleed from me
And you'll be free, yeah, free

D           C#
Is someone here again
      B            G      A
They always come around
D              C#
See the other side, reality
      B         G
The illness of the clowns

( B  F#  G )

( B  F#  G )
Sleep, children sleep
Their cries and plea's
Help me, help me

D           C#
Is someone here again
      B            G      A
They always come around
D              C#
See the other side, reality
      B         G
The illness of the clowns

( B  F#  G )

( B  F#  G )
Freezing, falling, hang on

C 
He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes. He was covered with the Evening News 
G                 D                 G 
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands. 
C 
The bank sign was flashing "5 below", It was freezing rain an' spittin' snow; 
G                  D                 G 
He was curled up behind some garbage cans. 
Em                                                  C  
I was afraid that he was dead:  I gave him a gentle shake. 
Em                                       C             D 
When he opened up his eyes,  I said: "Old man, are you ok?" 
D                                 C 
He said: "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree. 
                        G 
"I was runnin' from some honey bees. 
                    C                                   D 
"Drip dryin' in the summer breeze,  "After jumpin' into Calico Creek. 
                       C                                            G  
"I was walkin' down an old dirt road, "Past a field of hay that had just been mowed. 
Em                           C           D                                           G 
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,        "'Cause I was almost home." 
C 
Then he said: "I w's just comin' 'round the barn, "'Bout the time he grabbed my arm,  
 G                  D                   G 
"When I heard Momma holler: 'Son, hurry up.' 
 C 
"I was close enough for my own nose, "To smell fresh cobbler on the stove, 
  G               D              G 
"When I saw Daddy loadin' up the truck. 
 Em                                    C 
"Cane poles on the tailgate,  "Bobbers blowin' in the wind. 
 Em                            C           D 
"Since July of '55, "That's as close as I've been. 
 D                             C 
"Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree. 
                              G 
"Well, I was runnin' from some honey bees. 
                    C                                  D 
"Drip dryin' in the summer breeze  "After jumpin' into Calico Creek. 
                           C                                            G 
"An' I was walkin' down an old dirt road, "Past a field of hay that had just been mowed.  
 Em                          C            D                  G 
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone,         "I was almost home." 
Em                                                      C                                                                                        
I said: "Old man you're gonna freeze to death,  "Let me drive you to the mission." 
Em                                          C           D 
He said: "Boy, if you left me alone, "Right now, I'd be fishin'." 
 D                       C 
"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree. 
                        G 
"I was runnin' from some honey bees. 
                        C                                   D 
"An' drip dryin' in the summer breeze, "After jumpin' in to Calico Creek. 
                       C                                            G 
"I was walkin' down an old dirt road, "Past a field of hay that had just been mowed. 
Em                           C         D                       G 
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone     "'Cause I was almost home." (Almost home). 
 Em                          C 
"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone, 
              G 
"I was almost home."