Gonna Get Back Home Somehow Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays504

Gonna Get Back Home Somehow by Elvis Presley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, A7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Dm
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  			INTRO 
| Dm | % | % | % | 


VERSE 
Dm 
Hear that old train whistle 
Dm 
Howling in the night 
Dm 
If that flyer's southbound 
Dm 
Things will be all right 
    A7                                          A7 
I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow 
                                               (break) 
          a   g    f    e 
                           | Dm | % | % | % | 
I'm gonna get back home somehow 


VERSE 
Dm 
Don't nobody tell me 
Dm 
Babyâ??s been untrue 
Dm 
If she's been unfaithful 
  Dm 
I don't know what I'll do 
    A7                                          A7 
I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow 
                                               (break) 
          a   g    f    e 
                           | Dm | % | % | % | 
I'm gonna get back home somehow 


MIDDLE 8 
G                                   Dm 
Never thought that I could miss her so 
  G                                A7 
I never thought I could, but now I know 


VERSE 
Dm 
The sound of the old train whistle 
Dm 
Makes me want to cry 
  Dm 
Reminds me of that lonely feeling 
Dm 
When I said goodbye 
    A7                                          A7 
I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow 
                                               (break) 
          a   g    f    e 
                           | Dm | % | % | % | 
I'm gonna get back home somehow 


MIDDLE 8 
G                                   Dm 
Never thought that I could miss her so 
  G                                A7 
I never thought I could, but now I know 


VERSE 
Dm 
The sound of the old train whistle 
Dm 
Makes me want to cry 
  Dm 
Reminds me of that lonely feeling 
Dm 
When I said goodbye 
    A7                                          A7 
I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow 
                                               (break) 
          a   g    f    e 
                           | Dm | % | % | % | 
I'm gonna get back home somehow 


OUTRO 
| Dm | % | % | % | 
(repeat and fade) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante