D  G  D


 D
Josie works a counter at the downtown five and dime
     G                                D
Anything at all to help her pass the time

Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on
           G                         D
About the good times playing in his mind

           G                             D
   It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
           G                    D
   It's a long night sleepin' alone
           G                       D
   It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
           G              D    G  D
   It's a long, long way home


 D
Josie spends the evening with the people on the pages
        G                               D
Of the paperback she picked up at the store

Or sometimes it's the TV or she'll try to write a letter
      G                           D
Wo! they don't come too often anymore


           G                             D
   It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
           G                    D
   It's a long night sleepin' alone
           G                       D
   It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
           G              D    G  D
   It's a long, long way home


          D                        G
      I stare at the gray walls before me
      D                      G
      I see her face in the dawn
          D                 G
      I try to imagine our baby
         D                         G
      I wish they would let me go home
         D                         G
      I wish they would let me go home
         D
      I wish they would let 
           G                            D
    me go home
   It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
                                     I wish they would let 
           G                    D
    me go home
   It's a long night sleepin' alone
                             I wish they would let 
           G                       D
    me go home
   It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
                                I wish they would let 
           G              D
    me go home
   It's a long, long way home
                       I wish they would let 
           G              D
    me go home
   It's a long, long way home
                       I wish they would let 
          G                     D
   me go home
   Bring me and the other boys home
                             I wish they would let 
          G                     D
   me go home
   Bring me and the other boys home
                             I wish they would let 
          G                     D    D  G  D
   me go home
   Bring me and the other boys home


Copyright 1972 by Cherry Lane Music
From the John Denver album "Rocky Mountain High"