Back to the Old House Chords
by The Smiths
Back to the Old House by The Smiths is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am7, F, D9, F9, G, Em7, Bm11 and Bb7M. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Am7 F C Am7 F
C Am7 F C
E|---------------------------------0------------------|
B|-0---1-1-------------------0---1--------------------|
G|-----------------0-2---0-------------------0-2---0--|
D|---2-----------2-----3-------2-----------2-----3----|
A|-3-------3-2-0-----3-------3-------3-2-0-----3------|
E|-----------------------3-------------------------3--|
E|-----------------0---------------0---------0--------|
B|-0---1---------1---1---0---1---3---3-1-3-----1---0--|
G|-------0---------------------------------2----------|
D|---2-----------------3-------2---------0-------3----|
A|-3-------3-2-0-----3-------3-----------------3------|
E|-----------------------3-------------------------3--|
E|---------------------------------0------------------|
B|-0---1-1-------------------0---1--------------------|
G|-----------------0-2---0-------------------0-2---0--|
D|---2-----------2-----3-------2-----------2-----3----|
A|-3-------3-2-0-----3-------3-------3-2-0-----3------|
E|-----------------------3-------------------------3--|
E|-----------------0---------------0---------0--------|
B|-0---1---------1---1---0---1---3---3-1-3-----1---0--|
G|-------0---------------------------------2----------|
D|---2-----------------3-------2---------0-------3----|
A|-3-------3-2-0-----3-------3-----------------3------|
E|-----------------------3-------------------------3--|
D9 F C Am7 F
I would rather not go
C Am7 F C Am7 F C
Back to the old house
D9 F C Am7 F
I would rather not go
C Am7 F
Back to the old house
F9 G
There's too many
F9 G
Bad memories
F9 G
There's too many memories
Em7 C D9
There
( Em7 C D9 )
( Em7 Bm11 G Bb7M )
C Am7 F
When you cycled by
C Am7 F
Here began all my dreams
C Am7 F
The saddest thing
C D9 F
I'd ever seen
C Am7 F
And you never knew
C Am7 F
How much I really liked you
C Am7 F
'Cause I never even told you
C D9 F
Oh and I meant too
C Am7 F C Am7 F
Are you still there?
F9 G
Or have you
F9 G
Moved away
F9 G
Or have you
Em7 C D9
Moved away?
( Em7 C D9 )
( Em7 Bm11 G Bb7M )
C Am7 F
I would love to go
C Am7 F
Back to the old house
C Am7 F
But I never will
C Am7 F
I never will
C Am7 F C Am7 F
I never will
Fin: C Am7 F C Am7 F
C Am7 F C Am7 F
C Am7 F C Am7 F
C Am7 F C Am7 F C