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Gillian Welch

Version
studio
published by
sunlight
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 2]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
G G G/F# Em
[Verse]
G
Standing on the corner with a nickel
C
or a dime
Standing on the corner with a nickel or a dime
C G
There use to be a rail car to take
G/F# Em
you down the line
There use to be a rail car to take you down the line
G
Too much beer and whiskey to ever be
C
employed
Too much beer and whiskey to ever be employed
C G
And when I got to Nashville, it was
G/F# Em
too much soldiers joy
And when I got to Nashville, it was too much soldiers joy
G
Wasted on the wayside, wasted on the
C
way
Wasted on the wayside, wasted on the way
C G
If I don’t go tomorrow, you know I’m
G/F# Em
gone today
If I don’t go tomorrow, you know I’m gone today
[Chorus]
G C
Back baby, back in time
G Em
I wanna go back when you were mine
G C
Back baby, back in time
Em D G
I wanna go back when you were mine
I wanna go back when you were mine
Bm C
Black highway all night ride
Em D
Watching the times fall away to the
C
side
Watching the times fall away to the side
Bm C
Clear channel way down low
Em D
Is comin’ in loud and my mind let
C
go
Is comin’ in loud and my mind let go
[Verse]
G
Peaches in the summertime, apples in
C
the fall
Peaches in the summertime, apples in the fall
C G
If I can’t have you all the time, I
G/F# Em
won’t have none at all
If I can’t have you all the time, I won’t have none at all
G
I wish I was in Frisco in a brand new
C
pair of shoes
I wish I was in Frisco in a brand new pair of shoes
C G
I’m sittin’ here in Nashville with
G/F# Em
Norman’s Nashville blues
I’m sittin’ here in Nashville with Norman’s Nashville blues
G
So come you good time rounders
C
listenin’ to my sound
So come you good time rounders listenin’ to my sound
C G
And then drink a round to Nashville
G/F# Em
for they tear it down
And then drink a round to Nashville for they tear it down
[Chorus]
G C
Back baby, back in time
G Em
I wanna go back when you were mine
G C
Back baby, back in time
Em D G
I wanna go back when you were mine
I wanna go back when you were mine
Bm C
Hard weather, drivin’ slow
Em D
Buggies and the hats in town for
C
the show
Buggies and the hats in town for the show
Bm C
Oh darlin', the songs they played
Em D C
All I got left is the love we made
All I got left is the love we made
G C
Back baby, back in time
G Em
I wanna go back when you were mine
G C
Back baby, back in time
Em D G
I wanna go back when you were mine
I wanna go back when you were mine
G