Chord/Tab song: Back Roads

[email protected] (Stephen Mabry)
Sep.03, 2001
Did not find a listing for this, so I
sat down and figured it out.
This is also one of my favorite Kate Wolf songs.
Back Roads By: Kate Wolf
From:1976 Album..Back Roads
No capo: Key of G

Verse 1

[G]I'll take the b[D]ackroads home through the[Am7] open country s[D7]ide.
[Am]Letting things slip b[Bm]y.....[C]..in drawn ou[D7]t time...[G]I'll
take the lon[Em]g way home on the ba[Bm]ckroads of this li[C]fe
[Am7]..taking time to [D7]see what goes [G]by.[C]

Chorus

[Bdim]Coming and [A]going, t[A7]here's no dividing li[D]ne. W[E]hat you're
headed f[B]or, s[C]omeone's left beh[D7]ind..[G]...And the sh[Em]ortest road
ain't [Bm]always the b[C]est. Some[Am7]times let a ba[D7]ckroad take you h[G]ome

Verse 2

[G]A back road is [D]so easy, it just ra[Am7]mbles on and o[D7]n.
[Am]Take it or leave i[Bm]t,...[C].as rolls al[D7]ong.[G]
Drifts thr[Em]ough things it ca[Bm]nnot change, a[C]nd doesn't
even[Am7] try. Wouldn't that be some[D7]thing for you and [G]I.[C]

Chorus

[Bdim]Coming and [A]going, t[A7]here's no dividing li[D]ne. W[E]hat you're
headed f[B]or, s[C]omeone's left beh[D7]ind..[G]...And the sh[Em]ortest road
ain't [Bm]always the b[C]est. Some[Am7]times let a ba[D7]ckroad take you h[G]ome

Verse 3

[G]Anyplace you're bo[D]und, you'll get t[Am7]here someday.[D7]
[Am]You're the one who cho[Bm]oses..[C].what you see al[D7]ong the w[G]ay.
And wh[Em]en the heart[Bm]aches seem too m[C]uch for you to b[Am7]ear.
There's a back[D7] road winding everywher[G]e.[C]

Chorus

[Bdim]Coming and [A]going, t[A7]here's no dividing li[D]ne. W[E]hat you're
headed f[B]or, s[C]omeone's left beh[D7]ind..[G]...And the sh[Em]ortest road
ain't [Bm]always the b[C]est. Some[Am7]times let a ba[D7]ckroad take you h[G]ome

Define:Bdim
[E--4--]
[B--3--]
[G--4--]
[D--3--]A--x--
E--x--
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