Home I'll Never Be

{title: Home I'll Never Be}
{subtitle: Jack Kerouac}
{key: Eb}
{comment: As performed by Tom Waits - Orphans: Bastards - 2006}

{ci: Verse 1}
I left New [Ab]York in [Bb]nineteen forty [Eb]nine
To go across the [Ab]country [Bb]without a bad blame [Eb]dime
Mont[Ab]ana [Bb]in the cold cold [Eb]fall
Found my [Ab]father [Bb]in the gambling [Eb]hall

{ci: Verse 2}
Father [Ab]Father [Bb]where you [Eb]been?
I've been [Ab]out in the world [Bb]and I'm only [Eb]ten
Father [Ab]Father [Bb]where you [Eb]been?
I've been [Ab]out in the world [Bb]and I'm only [Eb]ten

{ci: Verse 3}
Don't [Ab]worry about me if I [Bb]should die of [Eb]pleurisy

[Ab]Across to Mississippi [Eb]across to Tennessee
[Bb]Across the Niagara [Eb]home I'll never be
[Ab]Home in ol' Medora [Eb]home in ol' Truckee
[Bb]Apalachicola [Eb]home I'll never be

{ci: Verse 4}
[Ab]Better or for worse [Bb]thick and [Eb]thin
Like being [Ab]married [Bb]to the little poor [Eb]man
[Ab]God he loves me (God he loves me)
[Bb]Just like I love [Eb]him (just like I love him)
I [Ab]want you to do (I want you to do)
[Bb]Just the same for [Eb]him (just the same for him yeah)

{ci: Verse 5 - Spoken}
Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind
So I left Montana on an old freight train (on an old freight train)
The night my father died in the cold cold rain (in the cold cold rain)

{ci: Chorus}
[Ab]Road to Opelousas [Eb]road to Wounded Knee
[Bb]Road to Ogallala [Eb]home I'll never be
[Ab]Road to Oklahoma [Eb]road to El Cajon
[Bb]Road to Tehachapi [Eb]road to San Antone

Hey hey

[Ab]Road to Opelousas [Eb]road to Wounded Knee
[Bb]Road to Ogallala [Eb]home I'll never be
[Ab]Road to Oklahoma [Eb]road to El Cajon
[Bb]Road to Tehachapi [Eb]road to San Antone [Ab]

{ci: Outro}
[Eb]Home I'll never be [Ab] [Eb]home I'll never be [Ab]
[Eb]Home I'll never be [Ab] [Eb]home I'll never be [Ab]
[Eb]Home I'll never be [Ab] [Eb]home I'll never be