Long Journey Home

Let’s learn the song Long Journey Home!

Long Journey Home

Long Journey Home is a traditional American folk song. The original author is unknown.

Long Journey Home is generally considered a standard bluegrass tune.

Key signature

Long Journey Home is generally played in the key of G Major.

Alternate keys include A Major and Bb Major.

Melody

Here is the basic melody of Long Journey Home, as written in the key of G Major:

Chord progression

There are three chords in Long Journey Home.

Long Journey Home has a 1 – 4 – 5 chord progression.

Here is the chord progression, with two digits per bar of melody:

1 1 1 1
1 1 4 1
1 1 1 1
1 5 1 1

Chords

Here are the chords for Long Journey Home in the key of G:

G (Lost all my money but a two dollar bill)

G (Two dollar bill boys) C (two dollar) G (bill)

G (Lost all my money but a two dollar bill)

G (I’m on my) D (long journey) G (home)

Lyrics

There’s black smoke a’ rising and it surely is a train,

Surely is a train, boys, surely is a train.

There’s black smoke a’ rising and it surely is a train,

I’m on my long journey home.

Chorus:

Lost all my money but a two dollar bill,

Two dollar bill boys, two dollar bill.

Lost all my money but a two dollar bill,

I’m on my long journey home.

Cloudy in the East, and it looks like some rain,

Looks like some rain, boys, it looks like some rain.

Cloudy in the East, and it looks like some rain,

I’m on my long journey home.

(Chorus)

There’s a little girl a’ waiting, and she’s on down the line,

On down the line, boys, on down the line.

There’s a little girl a’ waiting, and she’s on down the line,

I’m on my long journey home.

(Chorus)

Homesick and lonesome, and I’m feeling kinda blue,

Feeling kinda blue, boys, feeling kinda blue.

Homesick and lonesome, and I’m feeling kinda blue,

I’m on my long journey home.

(Chorus)

It’s dark and a’ raining, and I want to go home,

Want to go home, boys, I want to go home.

It’s dark and a’ raining, and I want to go home,

I’m on my long journey home

Videos

Here are some fun video recordings of this song.

Billy Strings and his Dad play Long Journey Home

Bill Monroe & Doc Watson play Long Journey Home

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper play Long Journey Home

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