Back 40 Back Cifras

[Intro]
C G F
C G
C G F
Am G C
 
[Verse 1]
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"For sale by owner" sign on Highway 59
         C      G        F              Am  G
A signal of the times, a turning of the page
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  There used to be nothing here
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but that nothing disappeared
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The pond, the barn, the farm, the fields
          F            Am G
have long since been replaced
 
[Pre-Chorus]
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  Asphalt parking where that
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ten pew, Pentecostal stood
F
  Fast food, four lanes and
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a subdivided neighborhood
 
[Chorus]
C                 G                 Am
 The walls of the world are closin' in
              Em              F
The spreadin' city spreads us thin
         C                Dm            Am  G
We can't seem to make our ends meet the black
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  Nеver would've thought it wouldn't last
         Em                   F
A way of life that timе moved past
       C                Dm
What I wouldn't give to have
         Am  G  C
the back forty back
 
[Instrumental]
G F
C G
C G F
Am G C
 
[Verse 2]
C           G      F
Maybe I'm a sucker for
            C          G
knowing who lives next door
            C       G
A view from my back porch,
  F                  Am  G
a pinch of peace and quiet
C                      G       F
  I can't get back the used to bes,
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so I hang on to the memories
                           C      G
Of when I could still look up and see
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the stars not street lights shining
 
[Chorus]
C                 G                 Am
 The walls of the world are closin' in
              Em              F
The spreadin' city spreads us thin
         C                Dm            Am  G
We can't seem to make our ends meet the black
C                G                   Am
  Nеver would've thought it wouldn't last
         Em                   F
A way of life that timе moved past
       C                Dm
What I wouldn't give to have
         Am  G  C
the back forty back
 
[Instrumental]
G F
C G
C G F
Am G C
 
[Chorus 2]
C               G                Am
 Now I get that progress has its place
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And no regard for what it takes
              C                 Dm
Wish it would slow its pace and cut
            Am  G
us all some slack
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 'Cause it's all changing way too fast
         Em                   F
A way of life that time moved past
       C                Dm
What I wouldn't give to have
         Am G  C
the back forty back
 
[Instrumental]
G F
C G
C G F
Am G C
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