[Intro]
Bm Em A D
[Verse]
D Bm Em A D
Pretty darlin’ I’m going down down down now you’ve said you don’t want me around
D Bm Em
I chased a freight train bound out of mind out of town
A D
To find my peace in old southern sounds
[Chorus]
G Bm D G Gbm
I dreamt you face by the fire side, I screamed your name in the moonlight
Bm Em
Baby please let me come home I can’t make it on my own like a dirty dog
A D
Like a dirty ooohhhooohhoho
[Verse]
D Bm
I stumbled toward Decatur to go to town for one last round
Em A D
And I shot poor Louis for the gold he found
D Bm
I ain’t got my .44 no more and the warden says I’m done for
Em A D
And darlin I might never see you again
[Chorus]
G Bm D
I’m workin’ a shank and counting the days
G Gbm A
‘til that warden turns his back after spittin’ in my face
Bm Em
Babe I’m comin home I can’t make it on my own like a dirty dog
A D
Like a dirty ooohhhooohhoho
[Verse]
D Bm
I snuck my way back to Baton Rouge
Em
To grab some cash to come home to you
A D
And blew the safe at the county bank
Bm
I was stuffin’ bills in my coat pocket
Em
Runnin’ home through swamp and thicket
A D
Found my way to our front door
[Chorus]
G A D
I was peekin’ through the shades to find your face
G Gbm A
And there’s another man layin’ where I used to lay
Bm Em
Only two shots rang loud I dug two holes in the ground like a dirty dog
A D
Like a dirty ooohhhooohhoho
[Outro]
G Bm D G Gbm
I dreamt you face by the fire side, I screamed your name in the moonlight
Bm Em
Baby please let me come home I can’t make it on my own like a dirty dog
A D
Like a dirty ooohhhooohhoho