AFTER DARK
As recorded by James Barker Band
(2026 release)
Intro
[C]
Verse 1
[C]
If you see me in the morning
[C]
I'd tell you it's important
[Am]
To understand I'm just a little sick
[G]
That's why my eyes are kinda red
[G]
I probably oughta stayed in bed
[C]
This old world can knock you down right quick
Verse 2
[C]
And if you see me in the afternoon
[C]
You'd never know I'm smiling through
[Am]
This hanging round still hangin' in my head
[G]
That straight and narrow's touch and go
[G]
Until I hear that whistle blow
[C]
But all bets are off when that sun sets
Chorus
[Am]
'Cause if you see me after dark
[F]
It'll be out at this bar
[C] [G]
Drinking till I'm drunk enough to break
[Am]
When they're calling it a night
[F]
If I'm low or if I'm high
[C] [G]
Just tell me that we'll make it out someday
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
If I say carry me home, carry me home, carry me home
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]
Won't you carry me home, carry me home, carry me home
Verse 3
[C]
This living's hard I'm learning
[C]
A tallboy and a bourbon
[Am]
One's for you and one's for where you've been
[G]
Rally round and make a toast
[G]
To the good ones and the ghosts
[G]
If you're with us or against us
[G]
Yeah, let's all get pissed
Chorus
[Am]
'Cause if you see me after dark
[F]
It'll be out at this bar
[C] [G]
Drinking till I'm drunk enough to break
[Am]
When they're calling it a night
[F]
If I'm low or if I'm high
[C] [G]
Just tell me that we'll make it out someday
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
If I say carry me home, carry me home, carry me home
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]
Won't you carry me home, carry me home, carry me home
Bridge
[Am]
At the end of the night
[F]
If I fall, if I fight
[C] [G]
Won't you carry me home
[Am]
When I'm low, when I'm high
[F]
Till the day that I die
[C] [G]
Won't you carry me home
Chorus
[Am]
'Cause if you see me after dark
[F]
It'll be out at this bar
[C] [G]
Drinking till I'm drunk enough to break
[Am]
When they're calling it a night
[F]
If I'm low or if I'm high
[C] [G]
Just tell me that we'll make it out someday
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
If I say carry me home, carry me home, carry me home
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]
Won't you carry me home, carry me home, carry me home
Outro
[Am]
At the end of the night
[F]
If I fall, if I fight
[C] [G]
Won't you carry me home
N.C.
When I'm low, when I'm high
N.C.
Till the day that I die
N.C.
Won't you carry me home
