| G | Em | |
| Not so long ago I set out on this | road |
| C | D | G | |
| With my | friends and my com | panions by my | side |
| G | Em | |
| And I think of you wherever I do | go |
| Em | C | D | G | |
| I'm a ra | mbler, I ain' | t hard to sa | tisfy. |
| CHORUS: |
| C | D | G | |
| Won't be long till I am | home again with | you |
| G | C | D | |
| Just a f | ew more miles to g | o |
| D | G | D | Em | |
| Won't be | long till I can | get back on my | own |
| Em | C | D | G | |
| Won't be | long till I can sp | end my time with | you |
| G | /Em | /Em | C | /D | G | |
| In the airport I'm standing in a line |
| Search my pockets, check me out and I'm alright |
| It's not hard but it ain't easy all the time |
| To be in some other town most every night |
| CHORUS |
| Oh, I miss the singing from porch banjo nights |
| And when friends come by to pass the time away |
| And when the winds that chill the Bershires in the night |
| Heading east through Massachusetts toward the bay. |
| ©1974 Howard Beach Music Inc. (ASCAP) |