-Artists: Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
 -the # 24 song of the 1970-1979 rock era
 -was # 1 for 4 weeks in 1973
 -Words and Music by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown


 I'm comin' home, I've done my time
 Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
 If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
 Then you'll know just what to do
 If you still want me
 If you still want me

 CHORUS
 Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
 It's been three long years
 Do ya still want me? (still want me)
 If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
 I'll stay on the bus
 Forget about us
 Put the blame on me
 If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree

 Bus driver, please look for me
 'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see
 I'm really still in prison
 And my love, she holds the key
 A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free
 I wrote and told her please

 (CHORUS)

 Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
 And I can't believe I see
 A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree

 I'm comin' home, mmm, mmm

 (Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
 (Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
 (Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)

 FADE

 (Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
 (Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
 (Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)


 Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
 ronhontz@worldnet.att.net