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C G
Take me back to the place where I first saw the light
C F
To the sweet sunny south take me home
C F C G
Where the mockingbird sings me to sleep every night
C G C
Oh, why was I tempted to roam?
C G
I think with regret of the dear home I left
C F
Of the warm hearts that sheltered me there
C F C G
Of wife and of dear ones of whom I'm bereft
C G C
For the old place again do I sigh
C G
Take me back to the place where the orange trees grow
C F
To my plot in the evergreen shade
C F C G
Where the flowers from the river's green margins did grow
C G C
And spread their sweet scent through the glade
C G
Oh the path to our cottage they say has grown green
C F
And the place is quite lonely around
C F C G
And the face and the forms of the ones that I loved
C G C
Now lie in the cold mossy ground
C G
Take me back, let me see what is left that I knew
C F
Can it be that the old house is gone?
C F C G
Dear friends of my childhood indeed must be few
C G C
And I must face death all alone
C G
But yet I'll return to the place of my birth
C F
Where the children have played round the door
C F C G
Where they gathered wild blossoms that grow round the path
C G C
They'll echo our footsteps no more
C G
Take me back to the place where my little ones sleep
C F
My wife lies buried close by
C F C G
By the graves of my loved ones, I long for to weep
C G C
And among them to rest when I die
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Tabs by: Eddy
Published: 28 Nov, 2009
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