Verse 1
D
Sittin in six lane backed up traffic
A
Horns a honkin, I've about had it
G
I'm lookin for an exit sign
A
Gotta get outta here, get it all off my mind
D
And like a memory from your grandpa's attic
A
A song comes slippin through the radio static
G
Changin my mood
A
A little George Strait 1982
D
And it makes me wanna take a back road
A
Makes me wanna take the long way home
G
Put a little gravel in my travel
A
Unwind, unravel all night long
D
Makes me wanna grab my honey
A
Tear down some two lane country
G
Who knows
A
Get lost and get right with my soul
D A G A
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road
Verse 2
D
I've been cooped up, tied down
A
'Bout forgotten what a field looks like full of corn and cotton
G
If I'm gonna hit a traffic jam
A
Well it better be a tractor man
D
So sick and tired of this interstate system
A G
I need the curvin, windin, twistin dusty path to nowhere
A
With the wind blowin through my baby's hair
D
And it makes me wanna take a back road
A
Makes me wanna take the long way home
G
Put a little gravel in my travel
A
Unwind, unravel all night long
D
Makes me wanna grab my honey
A
Tear down some two lane country
G
Who knows
A
Get lost and get right with my soul
D A G A
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road