Home Again
Edwyn Collins
From the album Home Again
Tuning: EADGBE capo 2nd fret
A beautiful song. Played in a lilting kind of style.
Chords
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E A D G B E
Bm7 x 2 4 2 3 2
Dbm7 x 4 6 4 5 4
Dmaj7 x 5 7 6 7 5
Dm7 x 5 7 5 6 5
A x 0 2 2 2 0
E7 0 2 0 1 0 0
Gbm 2 4 4 2 2 2
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Bm7/D x 5 4 2 3 2
Introduction
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I'm
Bm7 Dbm7 Dmaj7 Dm7
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Verse 1
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home again hardly certain of my
A Bm7 E7
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role and then I started searching for my
A Bm7 E7
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soul again but there was nothing I could
A Bm7 E7
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find I'm
A Bm7 E7
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home again but I've been here be-
A Bm7 E7
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fore old friends And I know I'll be con-
A Bm7 E7
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soled again In the past I've left be-
A Bm7 E7
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hind
A A7
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Refrain
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when I was a boy Well I
Gbm E
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heard some-body singing And I
Bm7 Bm7/D Dbm
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heard the guitars ringing And it
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brought me home again home a-
Bm7 E7
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gain
A Bm7 E7
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I've
A Bm7 E7
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Verse 2
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strayed again my good intentions got mis-
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/edwyn_collins/home_again_tab.html ]
A Bm7 E7
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laid again I got stuck inside this
A Bm7 E7
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maze that ends have I been this way be-
A Bm7 E7
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fore I've
A Bm7 E7
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stalled again like some eternal drunken
A Bm7 E7
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brawl that ends when the mirror finally
A Bm7 E7
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cracks and then there's no reflections any -
A Bm7 E7
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more
A A7
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Refrain
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Outside on the street Well I
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heard some-body singing And I
Bm7 Bm7/D Dbm
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heard the music ringing From some
Bm7 Bm7/D Dbm
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clapped out pirate station it was my
Bm7 Bm7/D Dbm
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unho- ly sal- va- tion Home a-
Bm7 Dbm7 Dmaj7 Dm7
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gain Home a-
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gain
A Bm7 E7
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Bm7 Dbm7 Dmaj7 Dm7
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
September 2008
watfordkev@gmail.com