Bob Dylan - I Was Young When I Left Home: Ukulele Chords
Learn to play "I Was Young When I Left Home" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn I Was Young When I Left Home ukulele chords and lyrics
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "I Was Young When I Left Home" smoothly on your ukulele.
G I was young when I left home D G C and I been a-rambling 'round. D And I never wrote a letter to my home. G D G C To my home, lord to my home. D G And I never wrote a letter to my home. It was just the other day, I was bringing home my pay when I met an old friend I used to know. Said your mother's dead and gone, baby sister's all gone wrong and your daddy needs you home right away. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny on my name. But I can't go home thisaway. Thisaway, lord lord lord. And I can't go home thisaway. If you miss the train I'm on, count the days I'm gone. You will hear that whistle blow a hundred miles. Hundred miles, honey baby, lord lord lord, and you'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles. I'm playing on a track, ma would come and whoop me back on them trussels down by old Jim McKay's. When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store, I will pawn my watch and chain and go home. Go home, lord lord lord. I will pawn my watch and chain and go home. Used to tell ma sometimes when I see them riding blind, gonna make me a home out in the wind. In the wind, lord in the wind. Make me a home out in the wind. I don't like it in the wind, I go back home again, but I can't go home thisaway. Thisaway, lord lord lord, and I can't go home thisaway. I was young when I left home and I been all rambling 'round. And I never wrote a letter to my home. To my home lord lord lord. And I never wrote a letter to my home. | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsC  D  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
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