Biografía:
Larry Hosford, born Salinas, California 1943, died 2016, was a singer-songwriter in the genres of Americana and country western music.
Hosford was a prolific writer of songs and occasionally compared with the style and twang of Willie Nelson. Hosford injected humor and endearing local references of his life in the Salinas Valley and Central Coast. He was proud of his Oklahoma roots, and of his hometown. Perhaps his best-known tune to locals is “Salinas.
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[Intro]
G D G D A
[Chorus]
D
Jimmy Jones Jimmy Jones won't you let me go home
G A D
It's raining in Guyana and I'm soaked to the bone
G A Em A
Don't think I'm ungrateful for the swell time we've had
D G D
Cause the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
[Verse]
G D
I followed you here Jim like a little lost sheep
A
I slept in your tents and I knelt at your feet
D G A
I know that I promised that I'd stay 'til the end
D A D A
But your jungle's too thick and your soup is too thin
[Chorus]
D
Jimmy Jones Jimmy Jones won't you let me go home
G A D
It's raining in Guyana and I'm soaked to the bone
G A Em A
Don't think I'm ungrateful for the swell time we've had
D G D
Cause the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
[Instrumental]
D G A Em / A D G D
[Verse]
G D
When you hitchhike in Guyana you can't jump on a truck
A
Not a train nor a taxi nor a ship or a bus
D G A
But the congressman tells me that there's room in his plane
D A D A
For a poor little sheep to go home once again
[Chorus]
D
Jimmy Jones Jimmy Jones won't you let me go home
G A D
It's raining in Guyana and I'm soaked to the bone
G A Em A
Don't think I'm ungrateful for the swell time we've had
D G D
Cause the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
[Outro]
D A G D G D
Oh the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
G D G D A
[Chorus]
D
Jimmy Jones Jimmy Jones won't you let me go home
G A D
It's raining in Guyana and I'm soaked to the bone
G A Em A
Don't think I'm ungrateful for the swell time we've had
D G D
Cause the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
[Verse]
G D
I followed you here Jim like a little lost sheep
A
I slept in your tents and I knelt at your feet
D G A
I know that I promised that I'd stay 'til the end
D A D A
But your jungle's too thick and your soup is too thin
[Chorus]
D
Jimmy Jones Jimmy Jones won't you let me go home
G A D
It's raining in Guyana and I'm soaked to the bone
G A Em A
Don't think I'm ungrateful for the swell time we've had
D G D
Cause the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
[Instrumental]
D G A Em / A D G D
[Verse]
G D
When you hitchhike in Guyana you can't jump on a truck
A
Not a train nor a taxi nor a ship or a bus
D G A
But the congressman tells me that there's room in his plane
D A D A
For a poor little sheep to go home once again
[Chorus]
D
Jimmy Jones Jimmy Jones won't you let me go home
G A D
It's raining in Guyana and I'm soaked to the bone
G A Em A
Don't think I'm ungrateful for the swell time we've had
D G D
Cause the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
[Outro]
D A G D G D
Oh the last thing that I want Jim is to see you get mad
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Larry Rice
Larry Schuba
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