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Come Home

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Come Home is the opening track on James’ 1990 Gold Mother album. It was released twice as a single – on Rough Trade in November 1989 and reissued in remixed form in June 1990.

Come Home came about in the band’s rehearsal rooms in Denton as they were trying different arrangements of Sit Down, but were getting confused about the song they were playing. It has the same chord structure as Sit Down.

Originally previewed on a nameless white-label DJ promo to avoid the negative impact of James’ folky image, this was a big hit in indie clubs in the late summer of 1989. It only reached a disappointing 85 when released in November despite an accompanying sell-out tour. Remixed by Flood, it reached number 33 when re-released in the summer of 1990. It has seen remixes by the likes of Youth and Andy Weatherall since and still remains a staple part of most James live sets.

A Come Home shirt appeared on Top of The Pops months before James when one of Beats International wore one performing their number one “Dub Be Good To Me”.

Details

LyricsListenReleaseAvailable OnGigsGuitar Tabs
It's that time again when I lose my friends
Go walkabout, I've got the bends from pressure
I have been pulled apart and my swollen heart
Has flipped out of the pan into the fire

And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need
And I need to feel that you're not holding me
But the way I feel just makes me want to scream
Come home, come home, come home
Come home, come home, come home

After thirty years I've become my fears
I've become the kind of man I've always hated
I am in love insane with a sense of shame
That I threw stones at the condemned and now I'm slated
I may have paid for sex but I was blessed by love
In this land that's ruled by gods of lust and money

And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need
And I need to feel that you're not holding me
But the way I feel just makes me want to scream
Come home, come home, come home
Come home, come home, come home
Come home, come home, come home

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Song:Come Home
Released:20th November 1989
Main Associated Album (or Single):Gold Mother
First Heard Live:London Town And Country Club 2 – 28th September 1989
Played at:
James - Come Home

Taken from the album Gold Mother

Written and performed by James

Main Riff:

e--6b(7)r---6b(7)r6b(7)r6b(7)r6b(7)r--------------------
B--8b(9)r---8b(9)r8b(9)r8b(9)r8b(9)r--------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

Chorus Riff:

e----------------------4---------------4----------------
B--5h7p5----5h7p5----5---5----5-7-5--5---5--5-7-5-------
G--------4--------4--------4----------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

Keyboard Riff:

e------ e------ e------
B--0--- B--2--- B------
G----1- x6 G----2- x3 G--4--- x3
D------ D------ D----4-
A------ A------ A------
E------ E------ E------

Song Structure:
Nice simple one, Larry plays the Main Riff during the verse, and plays the Chorus Riff at the end of the chorus (over which Mark plays the Keyboard Riff, which I've tabbed too). Saul plays an acoustic guitar, strumming the chords E A B throughout. (In live versions with that dancey intro, Saul instead plays the chords (on an electric) E E B.)

Lyrics/Chords:

E
It's that time again when I lose my friends

A B
Go walkabout, I've got the bends from pressure

E
I have been pulled apart and my swollen heart

A B
Has flipped out of the pan into the fire



And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need

And I need to feel that you're not holding me

But the way I feel just makes me want to scream

Come home, come home, come home

Come home, come home, come home



After thirty years I've become my fears

I've become the kind of man I've always hated

I am in love insane with a sense of shame

That I threw stones at the condemned and now I'm slated

I may have paid for sex but I was blessed by love

In this land that's ruled by gods of lust and money



And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need

And I need to feel that you're not holding me

But the way I feel just makes me want to scream

Come home, come home, come home

Come home, come home, come home

Come home, come home, come home




Transcribed by Alex Carter 2001.

alex@shandy3000.fsnet.co.uk
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