Almost Home

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
       Csus2
He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes
He was covered with the evening news
     Gadd9                D
Had a     pair of old wool socks on his hands
Gadd9         Cadd9
     The bank sign was flashin' 5 below
It was freezing rain and spittin' snow
      G                D                 G
He was curled up behind some garbage cans

[Pre-Chorus]
B7
  I was afraid that he was dead,
      C
I gave him a gentle shake
B7
  When he opened up his eyes, I said,
    C             D
"Old man are you OK?"
Em7/D
     He said,
D                         C
 "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

[Chorus]
                       G
I was runnin' from some honey bees
                   C
Drip-dryin' in the summer breeze
                   D
After jumpin' into Calico creek
                      C
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
                         G                  G/Gb Em7
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
                      C            D
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
                    G
'Cause I was almost home"

[Verse 2]
Then he said,
Cadd9
"I's just comin' 'round the barn
'Bout the time you grabbed my arm
G                 D
When I heard mama holler, "Son,
     G
hurry up"
  Cadd9
I was  close enough for my old nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
G              D              G
And I saw daddy loadin' up the

[Pre-Chorus]
B7
  truck
Cane poles on the tailgate,
   C
bobbers blowin' in the wind
B7
  Since July of '55,
       C           D   Em7/D D
that's as close as I've       been" "Yeah,
                      C
I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

[Chorus]
                   G
I was runnin' from some honey bees
               C
Drip-dryin' in the summer breeze
                D
After jumpin' into Calico creek
                   C
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
                    G                       G/Gb Em7
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
                 C                 D
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
        G
I was almost home"

[Bridge]
  D
I said ,
"Old man you're gonna freeze to death
Em7
Let me drive you to the mission"
C                                   D
He said, "Boy, if you'd've left me alone
Right now I'd be fishin'"

[Chorus]
                    Cadd9
"I just climbed out of   a cottonwood tree
              G
I was runnin' from some honey bees
            Cadd9
Drip-dryin' in   the summer breeze
              D        Dsus4     D
After jumpin' into Calico   creek
              C
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
                G                     G/Gb
Past a field of hay that had just been
Em7
   mowed
           C                       D
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
             G           G/Gb
'Cause I was almost home"

[Outro]
Em7
Almost home
           C                       D
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
      Cadd9 G
I was al____