Go On Ahead And Go Home

G C G A7 D G C G D G D G Go on ahead and go home C G C G Go on ahead and go home G/D G Boy, you've done your best A7 C Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam D G D G Go on ahead and go home C G C G Go on ahead and go home G/D G A7 The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead D G C G You won't be alone D G D G Go let your mama see you smile C G C G Go let your mama see you smile G/D G A7 Mama's going to wait however long it takes C D But it's sure been awhile G D G Go let your mama see you smile C G C G Go let your mama see you smile G/D G She's standing in the sun saying A7 "Boy, your works been done by D G C G D a long, long mile" G A7 D G C G D G D G Down where the cotton grows tall C G C G Down where the cotton grows tall G/D G A7 Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows C D Beside the old mare's stall G D G Down where the cotton grows tall C G C G Down where the cotton grows tall G/D G And a fragrant delta breeze A7 shakes the cypress trees D G C G D Down deep in the Fall G A7 D G C G D G D G In the deep of the night C G C G In the deep of the night G/D G By the river so still A7 where sorrows come to heal C D And wrongs are made right G D G Down in the deep of the night C G C G In the deep of the night G/D G On a creaking porch swing A7 the ancient ones sing D G C G "everything is alright" D G D G Go on ahead and go home C G C G Go on ahead and go home G Boy, you've done your best G/D A7 C Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam D G D G Go on ahead and go home C G C G Go on ahead and go home G/D G A7 The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead D G C G You won't be alone