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Intro: C
F
Jesus at the table in the early morn'
C
'Dad, I've been thinking I got to get born
F
Got to mean something heavy to somebody somewhere
C
I don't know who I am, but I can't stay here'
G C
I didn't mean to stand up, I didn't mean to daydream
G C
I didn't want to hear it calling my name
F C
Regular life don't suit me at all
G F C
Oh, I gotta get going, I'm still not home
G F C
Oh, I try so hard and I'm still not home
F
Robert Johnson was trembling, calling for help
C
At the edge of the field talking to himself
F
Not a woman, not a dollar, not even his soul
C
Feels as good in his hands as that old guitar
G C
He say, 'Nobody sees how desperate I'm torn
G C
I feel like I'm crazy the way that I'm going
F C
Don't know if it's from up high or way down low
G F C
Oh, I try so hard and I'm still not home
G F C
Hey, I gotta get going and I'm still not home
Bridge:
F C
You know that ache's grown so familiar
F C
How many times I got to shoo it from my door
F C
Putting the shine on the far side of the river
G
Oh, come round to bruise me up a little bit more
C
Come round to bruise me up just a little bit more
Instrumental: C F C F C
F
One day I'm gonna light like a season of green
C
And my heart is gonna run like a flying machine
F
Lipstick and a nickel in the pocket of my coat
C
And I won't even care if I never come back
G C
All the windows open and the wind like wheels
G C
Nobody can tell you the way that it feels
F C
Oh, but lord, if you could see the way I'm gonna soar
G F C
Oh, I gotta get going, I'm still not home
G F C
Oh, I best be going, I'm still not home
G F C
Oh, I try so hard and I'm still not home
G F C
Oh, I gotta get going, I'm still not home
Written by Tift Merritt