Homeward Bound

Paul Simon

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I'm sitting in the railway station.
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Got a ticket for my destination.
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On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
    G
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.

[Chorus]
G
         C
Homeward bound,
         G
I wish I was,
         C
Homeward bound

G             F
Home where my thought's escaping,
G             F
Home where my music's playing,
G             F
Home where my love lies waiting
D        G
Silently for me.

[Verse 2]

G
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
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Of cigarettes and magazines.
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And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
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And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,

[Chorus]
G
         C
Homeward bound,
         G
I wish I was,
         C
Homeward bound

G             F
Home where my thought's escaping,
G             F
Home where my music's playing,
G             F
Home where my love lies waiting
D        G
Silently for me.

[Verse 3]

G
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
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I'll play the game and pretend.
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But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
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Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.

[Chorus]

         C
Homeward bound,
         G
I wish I was,
         C
Homeward bound

G             F
Home where my thought's escaping,
G             F
Home where my music's playing,
G             F
Home where my love lies waiting
D        G
Silently for me.

[Outro]

D        G
Silently for me.