Home to Roost
Words and Music © 2009 by Howard Ashby Kranz
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Am Em
1. I thought that I had got away with this;
F# B
it’s not stolen land; they never
had a deed
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I took all their money; now they love me, cause I’m rich
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B
And respect me cause I fill some
of their needs
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Chorus: Home to roost, home to roost, all my unacknowledged
truths
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All my unsupported troops gather like chickens.
Am B7 Em C
All the wrong things I have been, all the truths I’ve
had to spin
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And especially those sins of oh-oh-mission.
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Am Em
2. Money is magic, as long as you keep spending
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B
It goes round and round and then it comes back home
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It gives and it gives, in a circle never ending
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B
At least until someone calls in the loan
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Chorus: Home to roost, home to roost, all my unacknowledged
truths
Am B7 Em
All my unsupported troops gather like chickens.
Am B7 Em C
All the dreams left out to rust, all the underfunded
trusts
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all the promises gone bust, the sad
ambitions.
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Am
Em
3. I’m turning over a new leaf at this time
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I will free my slaves and pay the current wage
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Bygones are bygones; starting now I’m color-blind,
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B
There’s no reason for you to feel any rage. Chorus