TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE

Verse 1: I'm com-in' home___ I've done my time,___
now I've got to know__ what is___and is-n't mine.___
If you re-ceived my let-ter tell-in' you__ I'd soon be free,___
A Then you'll know just what to do___ if you still want me,
If you still want me.

Chorus: Tie A Yel-low Rib-bon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree,__
It's been three long years, do ya still want me?___
If I don't see a rib-bon 'round the ole oak tree___
I'll stay on the bus, for-get a-bout us, put the blame on me,
If I don't see a yel-low rib-bon 'round the ole___oak tree.__

Verse 2: Bus driv-er, please__ look for me,___
'cause I could-n't bear__ to see__ what I might see.___
I'm real-ly still in pris-on and my love__she holds the key,___
A sim-ple yel-low rib-bon's what I need to set me free, 
I wrote and told her please,

Chorus: Tie A Yel-low Rib-bon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree,__
It's been three long years, do ya still want me?___
If I don't see a rib-bon 'round the ole oak tree___
I'll stay on the bus, for-get a-bout us, put the blame on me,
If I don't see a yel-low rib-bon 'round the ole___oak tree.__

Words and Music by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown