Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Great song from my high school days. Hope you like my rendition!
[ intro: C / Em / Dm / G7 / ]
[C] I’m coming home, I’ve done my [Em] time
Now I’ve [Gm] got to know
what [A7] is and isn’t [Dm] mine
If you received my [Fm] letter
telling [C] you I’d soon be [Am] free
[D] Then you’ll know just what to do
[Fm] if you still want [G] me
[Fm] if you still want [G] me [G7]

[C] Tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the [Em] old oak tree
It’s been [Gm] three long years
Do you [A7] still want [Dm] me?
If I don’t see a [Fm] ribbon
‘round the [C] old oak [Am] tree
I’ll [C] stay on the bus, for[C+]get about us
[Am] put the blame on [A9] me
If [Dm] I don’t see a [Fm] yellow ribbon
[D7] ‘round the [G7] ol’ oak [C] tree [ / Em / Dm / G7 / ]

[C] Bus driver please look for [Em] me
‘Cause I [Gm] couldn’t bear
to [A7] see what I might [Dm] see
I’m really still in [Fm] prison
and my [C] love she holds the [Am] key
A [D] simple yellow ribbon’s
what I [Fm] need to set me [G] free
I [Fm] wrote and told her [G] please [G7]

[C] Tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the [Em] old oak tree
It’s been [Gm] three long years
Do you [A7] still want [Dm] me?
If I don’t see a [Fm] ribbon
‘round the [C] old oak [Am] tree
I’ll [C] stay on the bus, for[C+]get about us
[Am] put the blame on [A9] me
If [Dm] I don’t see a [Fm] yellow ribbon
[D7] ‘round the [G7] ol’ oak [C] tree
[ / Em / Gm A7 Dm G7-- C / Em / Gm A7 Dm… ]
Now the whole damn bus is [Fm] cheering
and I [C] can’t believe I [A7] see
A [Dm] hundred yellow [Fm] ribbons
‘round the [D7] ol’ [G7] oak [C] tree
//: C / Em / Gm A7 Dm G7-- :// (repeat and fade)