Back To The Country Roads Chords

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Back To The Country Roads by Charley Pride is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G             C               G 
I can see the sadness in your eyes 
             C            G 
Knowing that I'm going to leave 
     C            D7           G          Em 
If I told you the reason you'd never understand 
C                               D7 
Cause the truth you never could see 

             G           C 
So I'm going back to the country roads 
G 
Back where the tall corn grows 
C                                D7 
Back where the stream is running free 
G              C            G 
Back where the air is clear back where I can hear 
    C             D7         G 
The whippoorwills sing me to sleep 

                 C                 G 
I've enjoyed the sweetness of your smile 
                         C                 G 
And your soft touch that warms me when I'm cold 
       C               D7           G                 Em 
If you want me you can find me look down that country road 
C                                  D7 
I'll be walking and looking for my soul 

             G           C 
So I'm going back to the country roads 
G 
Back where the tall corn grows 
C                                D7 
Back where the stream is running free 
G              C            G 
Back where the air is clear back where I can hear 
    C             D7         G 
The whippoorwills sing me to sleep 

    C             D7         G 
The whippoorwills sing me to sleep 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante