Home Before Dark

Am Em F C F Dm7 C G C I packed up my bags F G Put in my favourite Levi's C F G Laid my mandolin beside the door Am "Listen Mama Em F C F I won't be long__, don't worry about me Dm7 C Am I'll be home before dark Em F C F I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me Dm7 C G I'll be home before dark" C F Bought a ticket G To New York City C F G One way out and no return C I watched the sun go down F G Across the plains from Denver C F G Bb Lord, how the western sky can burn F Met a boy in the darkness Ab Eb Handsome, tall and heartless Cm Bb F Loved him like an eagle loves the wind Am Till I heard him say Em F C F "I won't be long__, don't worry about me Dm7 C Am I'll be home before dark Em F C F I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me Dm7 C I'll be home before dark" Am Em F C F Dm7 C (2x) G C My daughter looks like him they say F G To me she looks like mama C F G I see an eagle shadow in her eyes C Last night, on her birthday F G We blew the candles out together C F G I wonder will she take me by surprise Am When she says, "Mama Em F C F I won't be long__, don't worry about me Dm7 C Am I'll be home before dark Em F C F I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me Dm7 C F I'll be home before dark Dm7 C I'll be home before dark"