Bm                     D                           G
Say goodbye to Miss Jenny sleeping on a subway grate
Bm                            D                         G
Say goodbye to all the ladies waiting for the tricks to show
Bm                D                   G
Got a 100 dollars, more than I need to score
Bm              D                     G
Got a 100 dollars, just enough to get me home

[Chorus 1]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
               Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back

[Verse 2]
Bm                 D                G
Came from Maricopa, had no family left
Bm               D                                G
Worked the Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set
Bm                D                      G
Ended up a junkie livin' in my brother's car
Bm                    D                 G
Don’t shed a tear for me home ain’t so far

[Chorus 2]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
             Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back

No, he never come back

[Solo]
Bm  D  G    x4
D  A  Em  G x2

[Verse 3]
Bm                      D                         G
International Boulevard ladies, don’t you weep and moan
Bm                          D                G
I've gone to a better place off these dirty streets
Bm                      D                G
Mister Patel, won't you send my ashes home
Bm                 D                G
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove

[Chorus 3]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
             Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never come back

[Chorus 4]
                     D                   A
Yeah, I’m going back home, to the cotton fields
             Em                     G
To the almond grove, to the old homestead
               D                  A
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
             Em                       G
Went to Kandahar, but he never came back