G C G   A7 D
G   C   G

[Verse 1]
       D           G  D  G
Go on ahead and go home
       C           G  C  G
Go on ahead and go home
G/D                   G
Boy, you've done your best
                   A7                     C
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D                   G  D  G
 Go on ahead and go home
       C           G  C   G
Go on ahead and go home
    G/D            G                      A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
    D         G  C  G
You won't be alone

[Verse 2]
            D            G  D  G
Go let your mama see you smile
            C            G  C  G
Go let your mama see you smile
G/D             G                    A7
Mama's going to wait however long it takes
                   C      D
But it's sure been awhile
                         G  D  G
Go let your mama see you smile
            C    G  C       G
Go let your mama    see you smile
      G/D             G
She's standing in the sun saying
                      A7
"Boy, your works been done by
  D          G  C  G  D
a long, long mile"

[Instrumental]
G    A7 D
G  C  G

[Verse 3]
               D            G  D  G
Down where the cotton grows tall
               C            G  C  G
Down where the cotton grows tall
          G/D     G                       A7
Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows
                       C   D
Beside the old mare's stall
                            G  D  G
Down where the cotton grows tall
               C            G  C  G
Down where the cotton grows tall
      G/D            G
And a fragrant delta breeze
                   A7
shakes the cypress trees
     D           G  C  G D
Down deep in the Fall

[Instrumental]
G    A7 D
G  C  G

[Verse 4]
       D           G  D  G
In the deep of the night
       C           G  C  G
In the deep of the night
       G/D      G
By the river so still
                      A7
where sorrows come to heal
                    C   D
And wrongs are made right
                        G  D  G
Down in the deep of the night
       C           G  C  G
In the deep of the night
     G/D            G
On a creaking porch swing
                 A7
the ancient ones sing
      D          G  C  G
"everything is alright"

[Verse 5]
       D           G  D  G
Go on ahead and go home
       C           G  C  G
Go on ahead and go home
                      G
Boy, you've done your best
G/D                A7                     C
Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam
D                   G  D  G
 Go on ahead and go home
       C           G  C   G
Go on ahead and go home
    G/D            G                      A7
The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead
          D    G  C  G
You won't be alone