Dawn, Tie A Yellow Ribbon (1973)
Key: :[E] (w: Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown)
INTRO: [E] [G#m] [F#m] [B]
VERSE 1:
[E] I'm comin' home, I've done my
[G#m] time
Now I've
[Bm] got to know what
[C#7] is and isn't
[F#m] mine
If you received my
[Am] letter, tellin'
[E] you I'd soon be
[C#7] free
[F#7] Then you'll know just what to do,
[Am] if you still want
[B7] me
[Am] If you still want
[B7] me
CHORUS:
Oh,
[E] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the
[G#m] ole oak tree
It's been
[Bm] three long years, do you
[C#7] still want
[F#m] me?
If I don't see a
[Am] ribbon 'round the
[E] ole
[G#7] oak
[C#m] tree
I'll
[E] stay on the bus,
[G#m] forget about us,
[E] put the blame on
[C#7] me
If
[F#m] I don't see a
[Am] yellow ribbon
[F#m7]
'Round the
[B7] ole oak
[E] tree
[C#m] [F#m] [B7]
VERSE 2:
[E] Bus driver please look for
[G#m] me
'Cause I
[Bm] couldn't bear to
[C#7] see what I might
[F#m] see
I'm really still in
[Am] prison, and my
[E] love she
[G#] holds the
[C#m] key
A
[F#] simple yellow
[F#7] ribbon's what I
[Am] need to set me
[B] free
I
[Am] wrote and told her
[B7] please
CHORUS:
Oh,
[E] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the
[G#m] ole oak tree
It's been
[Bm] three long years, do you
[C#7] still want
[F#m] me?
If I don't see a
[Am] ribbon 'round the
[E] ole
[G#7] oak
[C#m] tree
I'll
[E] stay on the bus,
[G#m] forget about us,
[E] put the blame on
[C#7] me
If
[F#m] I don't see a
[Am] yellow ribbon
[F#m7]
'Round the
[B7] ole oak
[E] tree
[C#m] [F#m] [B7]
INSTRUMENTAL:
[E] [G#m] [Bm] [C#7] [F#m] [B open]
[E] [G#m] [Bm] [C#7] [F#m]
BRIDGE:
[F#m] Now the whole darn bus is
[Am] cheerin'
And I
[E] can't
[C#m] believe I
[C#7] see
A
[F#m] hundred yellow
[Am] ribbons
'round the
[F#7] ole
[B7] oak
[E] tree
BREAK:
[E] [G#m] [Bm] [C#] [F#m] [B open]
OUTRO:
[E] Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
[G#m] Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
[Bm] Tie a ribbon round the
[C#] old oak tree
[F#m] [B open] 