I'M AFRAID TO GO HOME written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell performed by Brian Hyland Pattern 1: Em / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 I'm afraid to go home, I'm afraid to go home Worries on my mind, afraid of what I'll find Will my family be gone? I'm afraid to go home Back to Tennessee, afraid of what I'll see Pattern 2: As I walk down this dusty road, got a heart with a heavy load Ain't one thing that's the same, so much sorrow and pain Headin' home in a single file, every inch is a quarter mile Ain't heard nobody sing, ain't seen one livin' thing (in pattern 1): Someone's waitin' for me, honey sweet as candy Wanna hold her tight; Lord, make her be all right Maybe 'round on next bend, all the ashes of land Valleys will be green instead of what I've seen (in pattern 2): I'm afraid for the scrubby pine, for the sweet honeysuckle vine I'm afraid for my home, for the fields that I roamed Kick along down a homeward road, and your heart's gotta take the load I'm afraid to go home, I'm afraid to go home Sherman's been in my town, burned it all to the ground Now there's not a tree 'tween Memphis and the Sea (decelerate...) Now there's not a tree 'tween Memphis and the Sea