G          C        G
He wore overalls to meet his King
               G                     C       G
Took a pack of Marlboro Reds and his wedding ring
         D                        C
And his fifty-year-long faithful bride
         D                       C
Held his hand, walked him to the other side

         G          C       G
He said "Honey, I'm just so tired
          G              C       G
"Of bein' hooked up to a hundred wires
   D                  C
"I wanna be in my own bed"
D                   C
Call the kids around and said


[Chorus]
 D
"Raise a glass
      C         G
To my good long life
               D
Don't dress in black
             C       G
Don't let me see you cry
         D
I'm not afraid
         C      G
I'm just headed home
         C   D          G
And it's time to let me go"


[Verse 2]
   G                  C    G
"I probably shouldn't have survived
G       C G
April 1945
   D                    C
We buried half my company
      D               C
And I wondered why it wasn't me

       G                C          G
"Well that's the year I learned to pray
     G               C     G
Just glad to wake up every day
    D                       C
I'm bound to see those boys again
        D                      C
Rolling dice and cigarettes in heaven"


[Chorus]
            D
"So raise a glass
      C         G
To my good long life
               D
Don't dress in black
             C       G
Don't let me see you cry
           D
I'm not afraid
         C      G
I'm just headed home
         C D            G     C  G
And it's time to let me go"

[Interlude]
D C G D C D

[Verse 3]
                  G                    C     G
"Well you know, I kissed the ground after Japan
     G            C    G
Came home to be a mailman
       D                         C
Right here in Crossville, Tennessee
               D                 C
I bought this farm to raise a family

     G                    C       G
"We planned for four, but we had five
           G            C        G
Your baby sister was a big surprise
    D                        C
I know I don't have much to show
     D                C
But I'm the richest man I know"


[Chorus]
            D
"So raise a glass
      C         G
To my good long life
               D
Don't dress in black
             C       G
Don't let me see you cry
           D
I'm not afraid
         C      G
I'm just headed home
         C D            Em
And it's time to let me go,
     C  D           G
it's time to let me go


[Outro]
        G            C        G
He wore overalls to meet his King
               G                      C      G
Took a pack of Marlboro Reds and his wedding ring