Wish We Were Back In Missouri Chords
Wish We Were Back In Missouri by Emmylou Harris is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
VERSE(1)
D G D
Don't the steamships sail real slow
D G A
Ain't you tired of them Broadway shows
G D A D
This Paris dress don't look its best
G D
Worn on the woman of a man
G A
Who gets his money dealing death
CHORUS (1)
D G
I wish we were back in Missouri
D
Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze
G
I wish we were back in Missouri
D
Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees
G
I wish we were back in Missouri
D
Ploughing land and praying for rain
A G D
Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again
VERSE(2)
D G D
What made you shoot Cashier Sheets
D G A
And that banking man in the Russelville streets
G D A D
Don't you ever fear those widows' tears
G D
How the blood runs cold in your veins
G A
In the past few years
CHORUS (2)
I wish we were back in Missouri
Simple people in a simple land
I wish we were back in Missouri
Remember those childhood plans
I wish we were back in Missouri
Where we know just who are our friends
Oh Jesse, take me home - let's start all over again
VERSE (3)
Jesse, something's changed in you
Blood now stains the flag you flew
Where's the man who took a stand
'Don't hurt nobody but take all you can'
cHORUS (3)
I wish we were back in Missouri
Where the cottonwoods bend in the breeze
I wish we were back in Missouri
Hear the nightbirds singing in the trees
I wish we were back in Missouri
Ploughing land and praying for rain
Oh Jesse, take me home - Let's start all over again
I wish we were back in Missouri