Minstrel71@yahoo.com (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 D Am7 D7
I'll take the backroads home through the open country side.
Am Bm C D7 G
Letting things slip by.......in drawn out time...I'll
Em Bm C
take the long way home on the backroads of this life
Am7 D7 G C
..taking time to see what goes by.
Chorus
Bdim A A7 D E
Coming and going, there's no dividing line. What you're
B C D7 G Em
headed for, someone's left behind.....And the shortest road
Bm C Am7 D7 G
ain't always the best. Sometimes let a backroad take you home
Verse 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kate_wolf/back_roads_crd.html ]
G D Am7 D7
A back road is so easy, it just rambles on and on.
Am Bm C D7 G
Take it or leave it,....as rolls along.
Em Bm C
Drifts through things it cannot change, and doesn't
Am7 D7 G C
even try. Wouldn't that be something for you and I.
Chorus
Bdim A A7 D E
Coming and going, there's no dividing line. What you're
B C D7 G Em
headed for, someone's left behind.....And the shortest road
Bm C Am7 D7 G
ain't always the best. Sometimes let a backroad take you home
Verse 3
G D Am7 D7
Anyplace you're bound, you'll get there someday.
Am Bm C D7 G
You're the one who chooses...what you see along the way.
Em Bm C Am7
And when the heartaches seem too much for you to bear.
D7 G C
There's a back road winding everywhere.
Chorus
Bdim A A7 D E
Coming and going, there's no dividing line. What you're
B C D7 G Em
headed for, someone's left behind.....And the shortest road
Bm C Am7 D7 G
ain't always the best. Sometimes let a backroad take you home
Define:Bdim
E--4--
B--3--
G--4--
D--3--
A--x--
E--x--
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