#Capo on 1st fret # #/ = slide #\ = reverse slide #h = hammer-on # #Intro # E------------------------3- # D------3--3h5-3----------3- # G---2/4----------4\2-0---0- # D------------------------0- # A------------------------2- # E------------------------3- # C He had plastic bags wrapped round his shoes C He was covered with the evening news G D G Had a pair of wool socks on his hands C The bank sign was flashing five below C It was freezin' rain and spittin' snow G D G He was curled up behind some garbage cans :Bridge: Em C I was afraid that he was dead, I gave him a gentle shake Em C D When he opened up his eyes I said, Old man are you ok, He said (Chorus) C I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree C G I was running from some honey bees G C Drip-drying in the summer breeze C D After jumpin' into Calico Creek D C I was walkin' down an old dirt road C G Past a field of hay that had just been mowed Em C Man I wish you'd just left me alone D G Cause I was almost home E-------------------------- D------3------------------- G---2/4----------4\2-0----- D-------------------------- A-------------------------- E-------------------------- C Then he said, I was just comin' round the barn, C Bout the time you grabbed my arm G D G I heard momma holler son hurry up C I was close enough for my own nose C To smell fresh cobbler on the stove G D G I saw daddy loadin' up the truck :Bridge: Em C Cane poles on the tailgate, bobbers blowin' in the wind Em C D Since July of 55, that's as close as I've been, (Chorus) Yea D C I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree C G I was running from some honey bees G C Drip-drying in the summer breeze C D After jumpin' into Calico Creek D C I was walkin' down an old dirt road C G Past a field of hay that had just been mowed Em C Man I wish you'd just left me alone D G Cause I was almost home D I said old man you're gonna freeze to death, Em Let me drive you to the mission C He said boy if you'd left me alone D D2 D Right now I'd be fishin' (Chorus) D C I just climbed out of the cotton wood tree C G I was running from some honey bees G C Drip-drying in the summer breeze C D After jumpin' into Calico Creek D C I was walkin' down an old dirt road C G Past a field of hay that had just been mowed Em C Man I wish you'd just left me alone D G Cause I was almost home Em C D Man I wish you'd just left me alone D G I was almost home E------------------------3- D------3--3h5-3----------3- G---2/4----------4\2-0---0- D------------------------0- A------------------------2- E------------------------3-