G                        G 
I wanna go across the river 
G                       G 
To the house on oldway road 
G          C                             G 
Where my life began and ended all the same 
G                         G 
I remember Chris and Johnny 
G                       G 
childhood friends of mine 
G         A7 
Who grew wise enough to 
A7                   D 
learn to play the game 

G                             G 
As I walked up to the front yard 
G                              G 
There were children playing there 
G           C 
And I thought someday this 
C                  G 
may be my home again 
G                             G 
But how soon I learned my lesson 
G                                    G 
Through the windows they threw stones 
G                      G 
And said there's nothing 
G             D 
left inside Mr. Jones 


CHORDS REPEAT FOR NEXT TWO VERSES 

I went next door to ask the neighbor 
If they knew what happened here 
To the place where all my memories remain 
As they recalled and tried to answer 
Tears rolled down their eyes 
But the best reply they had was made in vain 

Seems the folks that used to live there 
Worked hard for all their means 
But their means could never take them to an end 
There was hope down in the city 
Then a bank declined their loan 
Now there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones 

Chorus 
Em                            Em 
Can't you see that it's empty now 
G                   G 
And no one really cares 
Em                              D 
For even I must try to save my own 
Em                                     Em 
You should turn around and get back on that 
G 
Lonely oldway road 
C                                 D 
'Cause there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones 

Repeat Chorus 

I'm going back across the river 
To see if I can find 
The place where life can start and end all the same 
But no matter where I'm going it will dwell inside my bones 
That there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones 
No there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones