G C G G C G
I met a rag doll, with lovely eyes, Lookin so lost, and cast aside
D C D
Beggin spare change, beneath the shadows of a sunset street light
G C G G C G
I dug down deep, into my pocket, A couple dollars, was all that I had.
D C D
She reached out like, it was treasure, She looked so far away, when she said, she said,
CHORUS
G Bm C G Bm C
Show me the way back home, Cuz I've been out there runnin, For way too long
G G A A# B
And all that I've learned, just when you think,
Em D A
you've chased down every last mile, There's always another one,
C D G
I need someone To show me the way back home.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kenny_wayne_shepherd/show_me_the_way_back_home_crd.html ]
G C G G C G
So many lost souls, along the line, It wasn't so long, that soul was mine.
D C D
Feeling forsaken, down on my knees, Needing some mercy, asking please
CHORUS
G Bm C G Bm C
Show me the way back home, Cuz I've been out there runnin, For way too long
G G A A# B
And all that I've learned, just when you think,
Em D A
you've chased down every last mile, There's always another one,
C D G
I need someone To show me the way back home.
D
Oh yeah…
INSTRUMENTAL - play chords for chorus twice through
G G A A# B
And all that I've learned, just when you think,
Em D A
you've chased down every last mile, There's always another one,
C D
I need someone Yeah, yeah,
C D G
I need someone To show me the way back home.
G C G G C G
So many lost souls, along the line, It wasn't so long, that soul was mine.
--------- classy song, transposed to my singing key of G . ENJOY -------