Biography:
Artist Biography by Thom Jurek via AllMusic
Until the arrival of Ellis Hooks on the 21st century blues and soul scenes with his now-signature meld of R&B, blues and Southern gospel, it seemed that the great stories surrounding these musics had already been told and passed into antiquity with the great names assigned to them -- Otis Redding, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, James Carr, and Sam Cooke, to name a few. Not so. Ellis Hooks was born in Bayminette, Alabama, between Birmingham and Montgomery.
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I Don’t Want To Go Home
Ellis Hooks
Standard tuning, no capo
[Verse]
G D C Am
Somethin’ inside me, love the days, the open road
G D C Am
Meetin’ people on my way, they stop and help me carry my load
C D G Em
I don’t mind if it get too quiet, I don’t mind feelin’ alone
F C D G
I’m havin’ too much fun, I don’t want to go home
[Verse]
G D C Am
You don’t have to be rich , you don’t have to be clever
G D C Am
If you sit around waitin’ for somethin’ to happen, you can sit around waitin’ forever
C D G Em
I’ve been goin’ where the road will take me, I can face the unknown
F C D G
Feel my feet arise, I don’t want to go home
C G
If I go where I came from, there’s nothin’ waitin’ for me
Em C D
But obligations to chain me down, I just want to be free
[Interlude] (Verse notes):
G D C Am G D C Am C D G Em F C D
[Verse]
G D C Am
Everybody’s different, each has his own destiny
G D C Am
You can leave or you can stay, It’s a travelin’ life for me
C D Em
Time never seemed to matter, when I’m out on my own
F C D G
I really love my life, I don’t want to go home
F C D G
I really love my life, I don’t want to go home
F C D G
I really love my life, I don’t want to go home
G
I don’t want to go home
G
I don’t want to go home
G
I don’t want to go home
Ellis Hooks
Standard tuning, no capo
[Verse]
G D C Am
Somethin’ inside me, love the days, the open road
G D C Am
Meetin’ people on my way, they stop and help me carry my load
C D G Em
I don’t mind if it get too quiet, I don’t mind feelin’ alone
F C D G
I’m havin’ too much fun, I don’t want to go home
[Verse]
G D C Am
You don’t have to be rich , you don’t have to be clever
G D C Am
If you sit around waitin’ for somethin’ to happen, you can sit around waitin’ forever
C D G Em
I’ve been goin’ where the road will take me, I can face the unknown
F C D G
Feel my feet arise, I don’t want to go home
C G
If I go where I came from, there’s nothin’ waitin’ for me
Em C D
But obligations to chain me down, I just want to be free
[Interlude] (Verse notes):
G D C Am G D C Am C D G Em F C D
[Verse]
G D C Am
Everybody’s different, each has his own destiny
G D C Am
You can leave or you can stay, It’s a travelin’ life for me
C D Em
Time never seemed to matter, when I’m out on my own
F C D G
I really love my life, I don’t want to go home
F C D G
I really love my life, I don’t want to go home
F C D G
I really love my life, I don’t want to go home
G
I don’t want to go home
G
I don’t want to go home
G
I don’t want to go home
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