Home before dark
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1. Home
before dark, before the night comes
falling,
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A - A7 D
the
sun going down, and I can hear you calling,
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I followed my star just to be where you are,
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but I
couldn't get far in the dark.
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- D G A
Home before dark, before the day deserts me,
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I looked for my truth knowing the truth might hurt me.
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Been traveling
light, just the head of the night,
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and
I'll be getting home right before dark.
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I've been searching can't explain,
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A7
looked
for reasons but what I found in me.
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Know for certain things are changing
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I've been changing, now I need you to be
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home
where I can see.
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2. home
before dark, before the light
escapes me,
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D
to
be at your side, that's where the
journey takes me.
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And I've been afraid, if
I lost my way
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then
I wouldn't be safe before dark.
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I've got stories I
wanna tell you,
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- A7
you
need to hear them maybe then
you'll see.
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That I've found them never knowing
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they
were going on inside of me,
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it's
where I had to be.
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3. home
before dark, know you'll be
waiting for me,
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to be
at your door, and talking to a fool in the morning.
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- Em
D
Been so long in places unknown
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A D
but I
knew I'd get home before dark,
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because
of you I get home before dark. 
(Neil Diamond)