Dawn, Tie A Yellow Ribbon (1973)
Key: :[F] (w: Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown)
INTRO: [F] [Am] [Gm] [C]
VERSE 1:
[F] I'm comin' home, I've done my
[Am] time
Now I've
[Cm] got to know what
[D7] is and isn't
[Gm] mine
If you received my
[Bbm] letter, tellin'
[F] you I'd soon be
[D7] free
[G7] Then you'll know just what to do,
[Bbm] if you still want
[C7] me
[Bbm] If you still want
[C7] me
CHORUS:
Oh,
[F] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the
[Am] ole oak tree
It's been
[Cm] three long years, do you
[D7] still want
[Gm] me?
If I don't see a
[Bbm] ribbon 'round the
[F] ole
[A7] oak
[Dm] tree
I'll
[F] stay on the bus,
[Am] forget about us,
[F] put the blame on
[D7] me
If
[Gm] I don't see a
[Bbm] yellow ribbon
[Gm7]
'Round the
[C7] ole oak
[F] tree
[Dm] [Gm] [C7]
VERSE 2:
[F] Bus driver please look for
[Am] me
'Cause I
[Cm] couldn't bear to
[D7] see what I might
[Gm] see
I'm really still in
[Bbm] prison, and my
[F] love she
[A] holds the
[Dm] key
A
[G] simple yellow
[G7] ribbon's what I
[Bbm] need to set me
[C] free
I
[Bbm] wrote and told her
[C7] please
CHORUS:
Oh,
[F] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the
[Am] ole oak tree
It's been
[Cm] three long years, do you
[D7] still want
[Gm] me?
If I don't see a
[Bbm] ribbon 'round the
[F] ole
[A7] oak
[Dm] tree
I'll
[F] stay on the bus,
[Am] forget about us,
[F] put the blame on
[D7] me
If
[Gm] I don't see a
[Bbm] yellow ribbon
[Gm7]
'Round the
[C7] ole oak
[F] tree
[Dm] [Gm] [C7]
INSTRUMENTAL:
[F] [Am] [Cm] [D7] [Gm] [C open]
[F] [Am] [Cm] [D7] [Gm]
BRIDGE:
[Gm] Now the whole darn bus is
[Bbm] cheerin'
And I
[F] can't
[Dm] believe I
[D7] see
A
[Gm] hundred yellow
[Bbm] ribbons
'round the
[G7] ole
[C7] oak
[F] tree
BREAK:
[F] [Am] [Cm] [D] [Gm] [C open]
OUTRO:
[F] Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
[Am] Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
[Cm] Tie a ribbon round the
[D] old oak tree
[Gm] [C open] 