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