IntroAmEmFCFDm7CGVerse 1C
I packed up my bags
FG
Put in my favourite Levi's
CFG
Laid my mandolin beside the door
Am
"Listen Mama
ChorusEmFCF
I won't be long__, don't worry about me
Dm7CAm
I'll be home before dark
EmFCF
I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me
Dm7CG
I'll be home before dark"
Verse 2CF
Bought a ticket
G
To New York City
CFG
One way out and no return
C
I watched the sun go down
FG
Across the plains from Denver
CFGA#
Lord, how the western sky can burn
BridgeF
Met a boy in the darkness
G#D#
Handsome, tall and heartless
CmA#F
Loved him like an eagle loves the wind
Am
Till I heard him say
Chorus:]
EmFCF
"I won't be long__, don't worry about me
Dm7CAm
I'll be home before dark
EmFCF
I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me
Dm7C
I'll be home before dark"
InstrumentalAmEmFCFDm7C (2x)
Verse 3GC
My daughter looks like him they say
FG
To me she looks like mama
CFG
I see an eagle shadow in her eyes
C
Last night, on her birthday
FG
We blew the candles out together
CFG
I wonder will she take me by surprise
Am
When she says, "Mama
ChorusEmFCF
I won't be long__, don't worry about me
Dm7CAm
I'll be home before dark
EmFCF
I'll be alright and you'll be fine without me
Dm7CF
I'll be home before dark
Dm7C
I'll be home before dark"
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.