C# D#m Oh the whippoorwill roosts on the telephone pole G# C# And the Georgia sun goes down C# D#m Well itʼs been a long time but Iʼm glad to say Iʼm G# C# Goinʼ back down to my home town C# D#m Goinʼ down to the Greyhound station G# C# Gonna buy me a one way fare C# D#m Good lord willinʼ and the creek donʼt rise G# C# By tomorrow Iʼll be right there C# D#m Donʼt it make you want to go home now G# C# Donʼt it make you want to go home C# D#m All Godʼs children get weary when they roam G# C# Donʼt it make you want to go home C# D#m But thereʼs a six-lane highway down by the creek G# C# Where I went skinny dippinʼ as a child C# D#m And a drive-in show where the meadow used to grow G# C# And strawberries used to grow wild C# D#m Thereʼs a drag strip down by the riverside G# C# Where my grandmaʼs cow used to graze C# D#m Now the grass donʼt grow and the river donʼt flow G# C# Like it did in my childhood days C# D#m Donʼt it make you want to go home now G# C# Donʼt it make you want to go home C# D#m All Godʼs children get weary when they roam G# C# Donʼt it make you want to go home G# C# Donʼt it make you want to go home D# Fm Donʼt it make you want to go home now A# D# Donʼt it make you want to go home D# Fm All Godʼs children get weary when they roam A# D# Donʼt it make you want to go home A# D# Donʼt it make you want to go home
