Homeward Bound

Words & Music:

Paul Simon

 

    C                                     Em                      Gm6

I'm sitting in the railway station, got a ticket for my destination.

   A7

Mmmmm----.

Dm                                Bb

On a tour of one night stands, my suitcase and guitar in hand

    C                                           G7      C

And every stop is neatly planned for a poet & a one-man band.

 

CHORUS:

C        F               C             F

Homeward bound, I wish I was, Homeward bound.

C               Dm      C  Bb  F

Home, where my thoughts escaping.

C              Dm  C   Bb   F

Home, where my music's playing.

C               Dm  C    Bb  F   G7           C

Home, where my love lies waiting silently for me.

 

CHORUS:

 

Every day is an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines.

Mmmmm----.

And each town looks the same to me the movies and the factories

And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be.

 

CHORUS:

 

Tonight I'll see my songs again, all played a game and pretend.

Mmmmm----.

But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity.

Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.

 

CHORUS:

 




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