Tuning:

Home – Johnnyswim Interpretation by Stephen O’Hora It’s played with some flourishes on the G chord at the end of every other line: Strum: ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ [↓] ↑ ↓ ↑ e|-----3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-| B|-----0----0--1--0--1--0--0--1-----0--0--0-| G|-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0-| D|-----0----0--2--0--2--0--0--2-----0--0--0-| A|-----2----2--X--2--X--2--2--X-----2--2--2-| E|--3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-| G G C G C G G C G He's basically just moving back and forth between G-shape and C-shape really quickly. It's easy to get the rhythm if you listen to the song. [Verse 1]

^FRight 'round the ^Ccorner ^G down by the ^Ccanyon ^F I met a ^Cman who lost his ^Gway ^F Said "I’m^C Saul, bo^Grn the son^C of a sailor ^F Who never ^Cshowed me his f^Gace ^F My daddy’s ^Cgone and my ^Gmomma met her m^Caker ^F Oh to ^Chell with that ^Gplace"

[Pre-Chorus 1]

So I said ^F"Quit your^C talking, your^F sideways^C walking ^FTime to find a^Cnother path to t^Gake ^FQuit your ^Cwhining your ^Fblood-shot^C crying ^FFaking like you'r^Ce dying neve^Gr pays"

[Chorus 1]

Just go ^Gho----me You need you some ^Fhome ^C ^G Oh y^Cou need you so^Fme home^C ^G

[Verse 2]

Her ^Fname was Peggy ^CSue and her ^GDaddy hung the moo^Cn ^FIn her eyes ^Che could no wro^Gng F C G [one strum down] But then he started drinking like there’s a message in the bottle Now ^FDaddy’s painting ^CPeggy black and ^Gblue

[Pre-Chorus 2]

She ^Fcloses her ^Ceyes Through the ^Fhero's dem^Cise ^FHolds to a ^Chope beyond the ^Gsky She ^Ftakes a ^Cbreath ^FWeight comes off her ch^Cest She ^Ffinds a way to ^Cweather through the ^Gstorm

[Chorus 2]

^GShe cried out "Ho----me I need me some ^Fhome ^C ^G Oh I ^Cneed me some ^Fhome" ^C ^G

[Verse 3]

^F I found my^Cself on a ^Gtrain to Cali^Cfornia ^F At twenty-^Cfive years of ^Gage F C G [one strum down] Sat beside me was a lovely rose, a wanderer ^F Two's alw^Cays better they ^Gsay

[Pre-Chorus 3]

So we ^Fmade our ^Cplans She ^Fgave me her ^Chand ^FWe ain’t got no ^Ctime for looking ^Gback I was ^Fbruised and ^Cbeaten ^FLost for many ^Creasons ^FOnly love would^C make you unde^Grstand

[Chorus 3]

^GHo----me I love me some ^Fhome ^C ^G I ^Clove me some ^Fhome ^C ^G Yeah I love me some ^Fhome ^C ^G ^C F C G

[Ending]

We're ^Fall bruised and ^Cbeaten Lost o^Fn account of many ^Creasons But ^Fonly love will ^Cmake you under^Gstand ^GHo---^N.C.---me I love me some home ^F ^C ^G Oh I ^Clove me some ^Fhome ^C ^G Yeah I love me some ^Fhome ^C ^G Oh I ^Clove me some ^Fhome ^C ^G Love me some home!^C ^G ^C

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