Cm
On the day we moved out west
       F
daddy hadn’t any work
G              G7            Cm   Bb     Cm
He scraped a living putting seeds in the dirt
Cm
Then he died in eighty-five
                F
we spent the afternoon at church
G                  G7         Cm    Bb      Cm
Praying about his life for whatever it was worth


[Chorus]
Eb                   Bb
All he wanted was to get back home
Fm                      Cm
Lay his head down on a pillow
 Eb                          Bb
The wish he made he made it long ago
      Fm            Cm  G7  Cm
To be buried back in Baltimore


[Verse 2]
Cm
Well little Marianne
       F
just couldn’t understand
       G             G7          Cm    Bb  Cm
The forces that took pa or the trouble at hand
Cm
Then she took a look outside
             F
and saw the big clouds rolling in
     G              G7         Cm   Bb      Cm
The road would be long and our chances were thin


[Chorus]
Eb                   Bb
All he wanted was to get back home
Fm                      Cm
Lay his head down on a pillow
 Eb                          Bb
The wish he made he made it long ago
Fm                   Cm  G7  Cm
To be buried back in Baltimore


[Instrumental]
Bb  Eb   Bb
G   G7  Em


[Verse 3]
 Cm
Defenseless on the fence
     F
our mama moaned for days
            G              G7        Cm      Bb     Cm
Because we had to lay him down there in the Beulah clay
    Cm
Although it weren’t his home
      F
that hole was just a place
      G              G7       Cm    Bb      Cm
Our troubles just begun he's gone where he lay


[Chorus]
Eb                   Bb
All he wanted was to get back home
Fm                      Cm
Lay his head down on a pillow
 Eb                          Bb
The wish he made he made it long ago
Fm                   Cm
To be buried back in Baltimore
Fm                   Cm  G7  Cm
To be buried back in Baltimore