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