Folks Back Home

	  		
 
 
Verse 1:
 
       C* 
In the forecast of my failure 
        F*                C* 
I would hope to head back home 
F*               C*       G* 
Pack up my whole van with everything I own 
        Am* 
Just as well trade it away 
    F*               C* 
And start again from scratch 
       F*           C* 
With a guitar and a notepad 
        G*              C*  F* C* 
And the clothes upon my back 

Verse 2:
 
            C 
Back to the middle of the country 
          F              C 
I would return to my hometown 
      Em             F 
Where everyone would ask 
            G 
"What did I do with my travel 'round?" 
             Am 
And I'd have nothing much to show 
      F               C 
Not a house or job or wife 
       F            C 
Just a couple dozen songs to show 
   G            C   F C 
As antidotes to life 



G                           F               C 
I can't quite explain why I do the things I do 
      Em                    F 
Makes life worth living for me 
      G 
And I hope the same for you 
      Am               G 
So go on and make your living 
          C           G   F 
Give it a song to get you through 
         C               G              C  F C F C 
With the hope that I can keep on living too 


Verse 3:
       C 
Are we caught in our delusions? 
      F             C 
Stuck in a winter's dream? 
       Em                 F 
Is the message we've been seeking 
   G 
To drink your Ovaltine? 
Am 
I refuse to return 
       F            C 
From a gloryless traversal 
F                   C 
Tell the folks back home 
             G                C 
That life is one great big commercial 


G                           F               C 
I can't quite explain why I do the things I do 
      Em                    F 
Makes life worth living for me 
      G 
And I hope the same for you 
      Am               G 
So go on and make your living 
          C           G   F 
Give it a song to get you through 
         C               G              Am 
With the hope that I can keep on living too 


Solo 
Am F C G 
Am F C G C 

Bridge:
          C* 
Are these penniless pursuits 
            F*             C* 
Prevent the progress of my prime? 
         Em*             F* 
Some may not call this a living 
        G* 
But I'm very much alive 
  Am 
A wise man once said 
          F*             C* 
"You only live until you die" 
       F                 C 
And to cease my cause is not to see 
        G         C        F C 
What we can't see otherwise 


G                           F               C 
I can't quite explain why I do the things I do 
      Em                    F 
Makes life worth living for me 
      G 
And I hope the same for you 
      Am               G 
So go on and make your living 
          C           G   F      F* 
Give it a song to get you through 
         C               G              C  F C F* C 
With the hope that I can keep on living too