Tie a yellow ribbon    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - Em - Dm - G

 

   C                                                  Em

1.    I'm comin' home, I've done my time,

                  Gm                      A7              Dm

    now I've got to know what is and isn't mine.

                                  Fm               C                      Am

    If you received my letter tellin' you I'd soon be free,

       D                               D7        Fm                      G

    then you'll know just what to do if you still want me,

  Fm                      G    - G7

    if you still want me.

 

       C                                           Em

Oh, tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree,

                 Gm                                A7         Dm

it's been three long years, do you still want me?

  Fm                                            C    E    Am

If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree,

      C                           Am                  C                        A

I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me,

  Dm                Fm                 D7            G7         C

if I don't see a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree. 

 

+  C - Em - Dm - G

 

   C                                           Em

2.    Bus driver please look for me,

                  Gm                    A7                      Dm

    cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see.

                               Fm                 C                           Am

    I'm really still in prison and my love she holds the key,

        D                   D7                    Fm                     G

    a simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free,

         Fm                         G          - G7

    I wrote and told her,  please !

                    

+ CHORUS         +  C - Em - Gm - A7 - Dm     - G

 

+  C - Em - Gm - A7 - Dm  - - -

 

                    Dm                         Fm               C                     A7  

+  Now the whole darn bus is cheerin' and I can't believe I see  - - - -

       Dm                   Fm                         D7  G7   C 

    a hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree.

 

+  C - Em -  Gm - A7 - Dm - G (3x)  …..

 

(orig. = capo 5th; midi = capo 2nd)    (Dawn)