Verse 1:
C
He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
C
He was covered with the evening news
G D G
Had a pair of wool socks on his hands
C
The banks sign was flashing five below
C
It was freezin rain and spittin snow
G D G
He was curled up behind some garbage cans
Bridge:
B C
I was afraid that he was dead, I gave him a gentle shake
B C D
When he opened up his eyes I said, Old man are you ok, He said
Chorus:
C
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
G
I was running from some honey bee's
C
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
D
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
C
I was walkin down an old dirt road
G G/F#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
Em C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D G
Cause I was almost home
Verse 2:
C
Then he said, I was just comin round the barn,
C
Bout the time you grabbed my arm
G D G
I heard momma holler son hurry up
C
I was close enough for my own nose
C
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
G D G
I saw daddy loadin up the truck
Bridge:
B C
cane poles on the tailgate, bobbler's blowin in the wind
B C D
since July of 55, that's as close as I've been, Yea
Chorus:
C
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
G
I was running from some honey bee's
C
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
D
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
C
I was walkin down an old dirt road
G G/F#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
Em C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D G
Cause I was almost home
Verse 3:
D
I said old man you're gonna freeze to death,
Em
Let me drive you to the mission
C
He said boy if you'd left me alone
D Dsus / D
Right now I'd be fishin
Chorus:
C
I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree
G
I was running from some honey bee's
C
Drip-drying in the summer breeze
D
After jumpin into Calecoe Creek
C
I was walkin down an old dirt road
G G/F#
Past a field of hey that had just been mowed
Em C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D G
Cause I was almost home
Ending:
Em C
Man I wish you'd just left me alone
D G
I was almost home
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