C            F                   C
She was a raven-haired restless drunkard's daughter
             C       F                 G
With skinny legs so long and dark and brown
            C             F                 C        C/B Am
And she believed all the things the Bible taught her
                      C         G           C
'Til she changed her mind and busted outta town


[Chorus]
                 F         Fm         C  F C
She hitched her life to a rusty El Dorado
             F         Fm               C  F C
And let the warm wind blow across her bones
            Am        F                 Am  Gm Am
And in the night it’s hard to keep from cryin'
    C              G          C
Joanna won't you please come home


[Verse 2]
                 C               F                 C
Sailed down the black mountain trail to meet her lover
            C         F                      G
A no-good gambler the law called "One-Eyed Jack"
                C         F            C    C/B Am
From that cruel summer he never will recover
                  C           G           C
And he don't reckon she's ever coming back


[Chorus]
                 F         Fm        C  F C
She hitched her life to a rusty El Dorado
             F         Fm              C  F C
And let the warm wind blow across her bones
                       F                 Am  Gm Am
And in the night it’s hard to keep from cryin'
    C              G          C
Joanna won't you please come home

[Guitar Solo]
|C F C|C F G|C F C Am|C G C|


[Verse 3]
             C             F                 C
She was a raven-haired restless drunkard's daughter
             C        F          G
The kind of hero you need at seventeen
        C              F                  C    C/B Am
A wild rose that went searching for some water
               C          G            C
And the kinda light that shadows never see


[Chorus]
                 F         Fm         C  F C
She hitched her life to a rusty El Dorado
             F         Fm              C  F C
And let the warm wind blow across her bones
            Am        F                 Am  Gm Am
And in the night it’s hard to keep from cryin'
    C              G          Am
Joanna won't you please come home
   Am              G          C
Joanna won’t you please come home