Go Home
By Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins
Album: Branded Man (1967)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
4/11/2016

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In old Padres Madres Old Mexico
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Once in my travel I happened to go
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I met Maria and we fell in love
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It seemed like heaven came down from above

Dark skin and dark eyes and dark wavy hair
All kept me spellbound as love filled the air
I held her tightly then to my surprise
She whispered soft words with tears in her eyes.


Chorus:
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Go home, go home, your people would not understand
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Go home go, home, go back to your own homeland


With gentle persuasion I changed her mind
I said they'd love her and treat her so kind
So we went together to my old hometown
I wanted to show my old friends what I'd found.

But hate made my sweet dream a nightmare
One day I came home and she was not there
A note on the table tore my world apart
My old friends has been there and told my sweetheart.

Chorus