Sequoyah Prep School – Way Back Home chords

Tuning Standard / No capo
For "C" us Cadd9


(Muted Strumming)
1,2
1,2,3,4

G C G, G D C


G                        C       GWhen I was young I had a girl so pretty
G                        D       CWhen I was young I had a girl so true
G                            C           GBut you left town and headed out for the city
G                           D           CAnd you said you were never coming back through

G C G, G D C

G                            C            G  You got a mama and a papa, sister and a brother
G                    D          CBut you ain't got no friends of mine
G                        C            GYou know I cant tell the one from the other
G                                    D         CAnd since you've been gone, Ive been losing my mind.

G D C

Chorus:
           G             D           CAnd if you find your way back to the river
         G       D           CWont you wash my black water soul
             G            D           CCause I have found my own way back to shelter
             Em      D/Fsus (mute)But wont you fi----------nd your way back home

G C G, G D C (x2)

G                      C    GSo I left town about a year ago
G                                    D    CIve been to New York, Tree Port, and Chicago
G                               C         GAnd every now and then I send a post card home
G                            D     CCause being gone don't change being alone

G                       C      GSo if you ever miss the cotton fields
G                                  D         CYou can find me hanging around the Moonshine Still
G                      C       GCome back home if your love is real
G                           D     CCause I ain't scared of the way I feel

Chorus x2