Home Before Dark Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

[INTRO]
[Am] [Em] [F] [C] [F] [Dm7] [C] [G]

[VERSE 1]
I packed up my [C]bags
[F]Put in my favourite [G]Levi's
Laid my mando[C]lin be[F]side the [G]door
"Listen Mama [Am]

[CHORUS]
I won't be [Em]long[F]__, don't worry a[C]bout me [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark [Am]
I'll be al[Em]right[F] and you'll be fine with[C]out me [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark" [G]

[VERSE 2]
Bought a [C]ticket [F]
To New York [G]City
One way [C]out and [F]no re[G]turn
I watched the [C]sun go down
A[F]cross the plains from [G]Denver
Lord, how the [C]western [F]sky can [G]burn [Bb]

[BRIDGE]
Met a boy in the [F]darkness
[Ab]Handsome, tall and [Eb]heartless
[Cm]Loved him like an [Bb]eagle loves the [F]wind
Till I heard him say [Am]

[CHORUS]
"I won't be [Em]long[F]__, don't worry a[C]bout me [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark [Am]
I'll be al[Em]right[F] and you'll be fine with[C]out me [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark"

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [Em] [F] [C] [F] [Dm7] [C] (2x)

[VERSE 3]
[G]My daughter looks like [C]him they say
To [F]me she looks like [G]mama
I see an eagle [C]shadow [F]in her [G]eyes
Last night, on her [C]birthday
We blew the [F]candles out to[G]gether
I wonder will she [C]take me [F]by sur[G]prise
When she says, "Mama [Am]

[CHORUS]
I won't be [Em]long[F]__, don't worry a[C]bout me [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark [Am]
I'll be al[Em]right[F] and you'll be fine with[C]out me [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark [F]
I'll be [Dm7]home before [C]dark"