Тональность

 
Verse 1:
 C
He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes 
 C
He was covered with the evening news 
 G                D             G               
Had a pair of wool socks on his hands 
 C
The banks sign was flashing five below 
 C
It was freezin rain and spittin snow 
 G               D              G
He was curled up behind some garbage cans 
 
Bridge:
 B                                C
I was afraid that he was dead, I gave him a gentle shake 
 B                                  C                D
When he opened up his eyes I said, Old man are you  ok, He said 
 
Chorus:
                                 C
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree 
                               G
I was running from some honey bee's 
                          C
Drip-drying in the summer breeze 
                          D
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek 
                         C
I was walkin down an old dirt road 
                             G             G/F#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed 
 Em                   C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone 
 D                 G
Cause I was almost home 
 
Verse 2:
 C
Then he said, I was just comin round the barn, 
 C
Bout the time you grabbed my arm 
 G                D             G       
I heard momma holler son hurry up 
 C
I was close enough for my own nose 
 C
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove 
 G               D              G
I saw daddy loadin up the truck 
 
Bridge:
 B                                C
cane poles on the tailgate, bobbler's blowin in the wind 
 B                                  C                D
since July of  55, that's as close as I've been, Yea 
 
Chorus:
                                 C
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree 
                               G
I was running from some honey bee's 
                          C
Drip-drying in the summer breeze 
                          D
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek 
                         C
I was walkin down an old dirt road 
                             G             G/F#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed 
 Em                   C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone 
 D                 G
Cause I was almost home 
 
Verse 3:
D 
I said old man you're gonna freeze to death, 
       Em 
Let me drive you to the mission 
        C 
He said boy if you'd left me alone 
      D          Dsus / D 
Right now I'd be fishin 
 
Chorus:
                                 C
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree 
                               G
I was running from some honey bee's 
                          C
Drip-drying in the summer breeze 
                          D
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek 
                         C
I was walkin down an old dirt road 
                             G             G/F#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed 
 Em                   C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone 
 D                 G
Cause I was almost home 

Ending:
 Em                   C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone 
 D              G
I was almost home