Guitar Tablature for Back Home Again
by John Denver
from Back Home Again (1974)
Tablature by Daniel E. Smith
INTRO:
E
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B:-----0---0---0---|-----0---0---0---|-----0---0---0---|-----0---0---0---|
G:---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
Here's the verse (play 2x per verse):
...storm across the valley clouds are rollin' in
E A
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B:-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|
G:---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---------|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---------|
D:---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0---1---|
E:-0---------------|-0-------2---4---|-----------------|-----------------|
...afternoon is heavy on your shoulders
B E
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e:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
B:-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
G:---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|
D:-----------------|-----------------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
A:-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
The chorus goes like this (mostly strumming):
Hey it's good to be back home again
A B E
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B:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0---------|
G:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-1---1-1---------|
D:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---------|
A:-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-2---4---|
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
A B E A
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B:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-0---0-0---------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
G:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-1---1-1---------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
D:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2---------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
A:-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-2---4---|-----------------|
hey it's good to be back home again
B A B E
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B:-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
G:-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|
D:-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-|---------2-------|---------2-------|
A:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-2---2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
The bridge:
Oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down
A B E A
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B:-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|
G:---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---------|---2---2---2---2-|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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E:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------2---4---|-----------------|
Feel your finger feather-soft upon me
F#m B E
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B:-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|
G:---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---------|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------2---4---|
kisses that I live for the love that lights my way
A B E A
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B:-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|
G:---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---------|---2---2---2---2-|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------2---4---|-----------------|
happiness that living with you brings me
F#m A B B/A B/G# B/F#
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B:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
G:---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
D:-----------------|-----------------|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|
A:-----------------|-0-------0-------|-2-------0-------|-----------------|
E:-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-------2-------|
LYRICS:
play intro
There's a storm across the valley clouds are rollin' in
The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders
There's a truck out on a 4-lane a mile or more away
The whinin' of his wheels just makes it colder
during second verse, add second guitar which strums chords
He's an hour away from ridin' on your prayers up in the sky
Ten days on the road are barely gone
There's a fire softly burnin' supper's on the stove
This light in your eyes it makes him warm
CHORUS
Hey it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes and hey it's good to be back home again
There's all the news to tell him how'd you spend your time
What's the latest thing the neighbors say
And your mother called last Friday sunshine made her cry
You felt the baby move just yesterday
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down
Feel your fingers feather-soft upon me
The kisses that I live for the love that lights my way
The happiness that living with you brings
It's the sweetest thing I know of just spendin' time with you
It's the little things that make a house a home
Like a fire softly burnin' and supper on the stove
The light in your eyes that makes me warm
CHORUS 2x
B A B E
I said hey it's good to be back home again