A# F7 D# A# The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom A# F7 I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest A# F7 D# A# And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell A# F7 A# ʼLet my guitar playing friend do my request.ʼ (Let him...) Chorus: A# F7 D# A# Sing me back home with a song I used to hear A# F7 Make my old memories come alive A# F7 D# A# Take me away and turn back the years A# F7 A# Sing Me Back Home before I die I recall last Sunday morning a choir came in from town Just to sing a few old gospel song And I heard him tell the singers ʼThereʼs a song my mama sang. Can I hear once before we move along?ʼ Chorus. A# F7 D# A# Sing Me Back Home before I die