My Girl Back Home Chords
My Girl Back Home by Richard Rodgers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F/C, Bdim, G7sus4, G7, Dm9, C, Gm7, C6, C7, F6, C7/G, F, Fm6/A, C/G, Fm6, Dm7, D#dim7, C/E, Gm6 and Am/C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F/C Bdim G7sus4 G7
Verse - Cable
Dm9 G7 C
My girl back home
Dm9 G7 C
I'd almost forgot
Gm7 G7 C6
A blue-eyed thing
Gm7 G7 C
I liked her a lot
Dm9 G7 C
We got engaged
Dm9 G7 Gm7 C7
Both families were glad
F6 C7/G F6 C7/G
And I was told by my uncle and dad
F6 C7/G F
That if I was clever and able
Fm6/A C/G Fm6 C/G Fm6
They'd make me a part of a partnership
C/G G7sus4 G7
Cable, Cable
C Dm7 D#dim7 C/E
and Cable
Dm9 G7 C
How far a - way?
Dm9 C
Philadelphia, PA
Dm9 G7 C
Princeton, NJ
Gm6 Am/C C7
How far are they?
Bridge - Cable
F C+/E
From coconut palms
F C+/E
And banyan trees
F C+/E
And coral sands
Dm7 G7 C
And Ton - kin - ese
Dm9 G7 C
How far a - way?
Dm9 C
Little Rock, ARK
Dm9 G7 C
Princeton, NJ
Gm6 Am/C C7
How far away?
Bridge - Cable & Nellie
F C+/E
From coconut palms
F C+/E
And banyan trees
F C+/E
And coral sands
Bridge - Cable
Dm7 G7 C
And Ton - kin - ese