Almost Home chords

Capo 1st fret

[C]Hex had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
[C]Hex was covered with the evening news
[G]Hadx a pair of wool [D] xxx socks on his [G] handsx

[C] Thex banks sign was flashing five below
[C]Itx was freezin rain and spittin snow
[G]Hex was curled up [D] behindx some gar[G]bagex cans

[BRIDGE]
[B]Ixx was afraid that he was dead, I g[C]avex him a gentle shake
[B]Whenx he opened up his eyes I said, O[C]ldx man are you o[D]kxx , He said

[CHORUS]
I just climbed out of the cotton [C] woodx tree
I was running from some honey b[G]ee'sx
Drip-drying in the summer [C] breezex
After jumpin into Calecoe [D] Creekx
I was walkin down an old [C] dirtx road
Past a field of hey that had [G] justx been mowe[G/F#]dxxxxx
[Em]Manx I wish you'd just [C] leftx me alone
[D]Causex I was almost [G] homex

Then he said, I was just comin round the barn,
Bout the time you grabbed my arm
I heard momma holler son hurry up

I was close enough for my own nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
I saw daddy loadin up the truck

[BRIDGE]

cane poles on the tailgate, bobbler's blowin in the wind
since July of 55, that's as close as I've been, Yea

(go to chorus)

[D]Ixx said old man you're gonna freeze to death,
Let me [Em] drivex you to the mission
He said [C] boyx if you'd left me alone
[D] xxx [Dsus] xxxxxx / [D] xxx
Right now I'd be fishin

(chorus) 2x's

man I wish you'd just left me alone

I was almost home