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

INTRO: [D#] [Gm] [Fm] [A#]

VERSE 1:
[D#] I'm comin' home, I've done my [Gm] time
Now I've [A#m] got to know what [C7] is and isn't [Fm] mine
If you received my [Abm] letter, tellin' [D#] you I'd soon be [C7] free
[F7] Then you'll know just what to do, [Abm] if you still want [A#7] me
[Abm] If you still want [A#7] me

CHORUS:
Oh, [D#] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the [Gm] ole oak tree
It's been [A#m] three long years, do you [C7] still want [Fm] me?
If I don't see a [Abm] ribbon 'round the [D#] ole [G7] oak [Cm] tree
I'll [D#] stay on the bus, [Gm] forget about us, [D#] put the blame on [C7] me
If [Fm] I don't see a [Abm] yellow ribbon [Fm7]
'Round the [A#7] ole oak [D#] tree [Cm] [Fm] [A#7]

VERSE 2:
[D#] Bus driver please look for [Gm] me
'Cause I [A#m] couldn't bear to [C7] see what I might [Fm] see
I'm really still in [Abm] prison, and my [D#] love she [G] holds the [Cm] key
A [F] simple yellow [F7] ribbon's what I [Abm] need to set me [A#] free
I [Abm] wrote and told her [A#7] please

CHORUS:
Oh, [D#] tie a yellow ribbon 'round the [Gm] ole oak tree
It's been [A#m] three long years, do you [C7] still want [Fm] me?
If I don't see a [Abm] ribbon 'round the [D#] ole [G7] oak [Cm] tree
I'll [D#] stay on the bus, [Gm] forget about us, [D#] put the blame on [C7] me
If [Fm] I don't see a [Abm] yellow ribbon [Fm7]
'Round the [A#7] ole oak [D#] tree [Cm] [Fm] [A#7]

INSTRUMENTAL:
[D#] [Gm] [A#m] [C7] [Fm] [A# open]
[D#] [Gm] [A#m] [C7] [Fm]

BRIDGE:
[Fm] Now the whole darn bus is [Abm] cheerin'
And I [D#] can't [Cm] believe I [C7] see
A [Fm] hundred yellow [Abm] ribbons
'round the [F7] ole [A#7] oak [D#] tree

BREAK:
[D#] [Gm] [A#m] [C] [Fm] [A# open]

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