Dawn, Tie A Yellow Ribbon (1973)
^{Key: :[F#] (w: Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown)}

INTRO: [F#] [A#m] [G#m] [C#]

VERSE 1:
[F#] I'm comin' home, I've done my [A#m] time
Now I've [C#m] got to know what [D#7] is and isn't [G#m] mine
If you received my [Bm] letter, tellin' [F#] you I'd soon be [D#7] free
[G#7] Then you'll know just what to do, [Bm] if you still want [C#7] me
[Bm] If you still want [C#7] me

CHORUS:
Oh, [F#] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the [A#m] ole oak tree
It's been [C#m] three long years, do you [D#7] still want [G#m] me?
If I don't see a [Bm] ribbon 'round the [F#] ole [A#7] oak [D#m] tree
I'll [F#] stay on the bus, [A#m] forget about us, [F#] put the blame on [D#7] me
If [G#m] I don't see a [Bm] yellow ribbon [G#m7]
'Round the [C#7] ole oak [F#] tree [D#m] [G#m] [C#7]

VERSE 2:
[F#] Bus driver please look for [A#m] me
'Cause I [C#m] couldn't bear to [D#7] see what I might [G#m] see
I'm really still in [Bm] prison, and my [F#] love she [A#] holds the [D#m] key
A [G#] simple yellow [G#7] ribbon's what I [Bm] need to set me [C#] free
I [Bm] wrote and told her [C#7] please

CHORUS:
Oh, [F#] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the [A#m] ole oak tree
It's been [C#m] three long years, do you [D#7] still want [G#m] me?
If I don't see a [Bm] ribbon 'round the [F#] ole [A#7] oak [D#m] tree
I'll [F#] stay on the bus, [A#m] forget about us, [F#] put the blame on [D#7] me
If [G#m] I don't see a [Bm] yellow ribbon [G#m7]
'Round the [C#7] ole oak [F#] tree [D#m] [G#m] [C#7]

INSTRUMENTAL:
[F#] [A#m] [C#m] [D#7] [G#m] [C# open]
[F#] [A#m] [C#m] [D#7] [G#m]

BRIDGE:
[G#m] Now the whole darn bus is [Bm] cheerin'
And I [F#] can't [D#m] believe I [D#7] see
A [G#m] hundred yellow [Bm] ribbons
'round the [G#7] ole [C#7] oak [F#] tree

BREAK:
[F#] [A#m] [C#m] [D#] [G#m] [C# open]

OUTRO:
[F#] Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
[A#m] Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
[C#m] Tie a ribbon round the [D#] old oak tree [G#m] [C# open]