You Won´t Be Going Home

 

Written by John Stewart

 

‘You Won´t Be Going Home’ is from the fine album “Blondes”, Allegiance, 1982, Swedish release Polydor, 1982, US album re-released as CD by Line Music, 1990, CD re-release with all the tracks from the US and the Swedish releases, Neon Dreams, 2003. 

Cleverly constructed and beautifully sung and played.  Maybe not one of Mr Stewart´s top ten lyrics, but hey, this was John´s ‘pop album’.

 

 

B2  (‘high Strings’ B and E ‘unplayed’ most of the time)

E----2-----------

B----2-----------

G------------4---

D------------4---

A----2-----------

E----2-----------

 

Playing hint: easier in the key of G, capo 2nd fret

 

 

 

(A)Aah, (F#m)aah, (B2)ah-ah, (A)ah.

Aah, (F#m)aah, (B2)ah-ah, (A)ah.

 

Whoo, whoo wee, (F#m)when you see her,

(B2)Oh, you (E)won't be going (A)home.

Whoo, whoo yea, (F#m)what you gonna say

When you (B2)say, you (E)won't be going (A)home?

 

Aah, (F#m)aah, (B2)ah-ah, (A)ah.

Aah, (F#m)aah, (B2)ah-ah, (A)ah.

 

One, two three, (F#m)what she did to me,

(B2)Oh, I (E)won't be going (A)home.

Two, three, four, (F#m)going back for more,

(B2)Oh, I (E)won't be going (A)home.

(D)(D)(D)(A/C#)(D)(A/C#)(A)

(D)(D)(A/C#)(D)(A/C#)(D)(A/C#)(E)

(E)(D)(A)(D)(A)(D)(A)

(D)(D)(A/C#)(D)(A/C#)(A)

(D)(D)(A/C#)(D)(A/C#)(A)(E)   (A) (E)(A)

 

Ah, (D)California, made that girl your (A)own,

(high notes run from high E- to G-string: e-d-c#-b-c#-b-a)

(D)California, oooh, I gotta warn you,

(E) You won't be going (A)home.(E)(A)

      (E)    (A) (E)(A)      (E)    (A) (E)(A)

(D)      (A)    (D)      (E)    (A) (E)(A)

 

Aah, (F#m)aah, (B2)ah-ah, (A)ah.

Aah, (F#m)aah, (B2)ah-ah, (A)ah.

 

Whoo, whoo wee, (F#m)when you see her,

(B2)Oh, you (E)won't be going (A)home.

Whoo, whoo yea, (F#m)what you gonna say

When you (B2)say, you (E)won't be going (A)home?

 

Ah, (D)California, made that girl your (A)own,

(high notes run from high E- to G-string: e-d-c#-b-c#-b-a)

(D)California, oooh, I gotta warn you,

(E) You won't be going (A)home.(E)(A)

      (E)    (A) (E)(A)      (E)    (A) (E)(A)

(D)      (A)    (D)      (E)    (A) (E)(A)

(D)      (A)    (D)     

 

(E) You won't be going (A)home,(E)(A)

And (E)oh, you won't be going (A)home,(E)(A)

And (E)no, but you won't be going (A)home.(E)(A)

 

© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved

 

janhauenstein@gmx.de, Charlie Woodward & Art Faller

 

November 2005