Intro: D  A     D A D 



[Verso 1]
 
                         A 
I'm goin' back to whur I come from 
                                         D                   A 
Where the honeysuckle smells so sweet it durn near makes you sick 
          D                 A 
I used to think my life was humdrum 
                                         D     A  D 
But I sure have learned a lesson that is bound to stick 
               G            D 
There ain't no use of me pretendin' 
    E7                             A 
The city sure ain't no place for a guy like me to end in 
      D              A 
Goin' back to whur I come from 
                                        D A   D 
Whur the mockin' bird is singin' in the lilac bush 


Riff 
A   D A D 



[Verso 2]
 
          D              A 
I used to go down to the station 
                                        D                  A 
Every evenin' just to watch the Pullman train come rollin' in 
             D                     A 
And then one night, that great temptation 
                                     D    A  D 
Got the best of me and drove me to a life of sin 
          G                D 
I took my hat and fourteen dollars 
      E7                                    A 
And I went through all the troubles of this life that always follers 
            D                A 
When you're rich and huntin' romance 
                                    D    A   D 
But my huntin' days are over, I can tell you that 


Riff 
A   D A D 



[Verso 3]
 
        D             A 
I met a man in Kansas City 
                                        D             A 
An' he winked at me and asked me if I'd like to step around 
             D                    A 
And I said, "Yup! that's what I'm here fer" 
                                        D     A  D 
And he said he'd take me to the hottest spots in town 
             G                   D 
He mentioned things he'd have to fix up 
      E7                                  A 
So he took my fourteen dollars, but there must have been a mix-up 
          D                   A 
He's been gone since Thursday evenin' 
                                         D   A  D 
And I've got a hunch I'll never see that guy no more 


Riff 
G  D  E7  A 
D  A      D A D 



[Verso 4]

           D              A 
When I get old and have a grandson 
                                         D                  A 
I can tell him 'bout my romance and then watch his eyes bug out 
            D              A 
But chances are he won't believe me 
                                                 D   A  D 
So he'll do the same darn thing when he's growed up, no doubt 
             G            D 
But he can't say I didn't warn him 
          E7                              A 
What will happen if he meets up with that city guy, goldarn him 
          D              A 
I'm goin' back to whur I come from 
                                        D A   D 
Whur the mockin' bird is singin' in the lilac bush 


Outro: A   D A D