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Circle Back

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GWard bond Was his Amsidekick Rowdy GYates?Am  
GDrove that wagon train out AmWest Right aGlong this interAmstate
GCross the high plains of KAmansas To the GColoradAmo line
SpeGnt a lot of slAmeepless nights 'Round the campfire 
They haGd mountains on their Amminds
GThose high plains Ampeople They're different someGhowAm  
You spent youGr life leaning into a Amhard wind 
I guess you'Gre less likely to take a bowAm  
GAll these stories Amburied out here They're calling Gto meAm  
Like the eGarthquakes in CaliAmfornia Like the Ghills back in TenneAmssee
[Chorus:]              
I gDotta circle back, Touch soCmethiAmng near
FDind out which way tAmo go to gCet on out of here
AmI lost my thread and I've lost some Ctime
AmBut it takes a lot of Dground for me to change my Cmind
GWell its 99 in AmTopeka The wind is Gblowin' hotAm  
GBlowin through my olAmdest daughter's Ghair With everything else I Amforgot
GI drove her out to cAmollege Drove Gback through an empty sAmpace
GThinkin' back to when Amshe was a baby Tryin' Ghard to see that Amface
[Chorus:] same as above
(Use same chords for final verse;G Am G Am on each line)
Two kids up and at 'Em One more left at home
She's a spark plug, a real fire cracker And in four years she'll be gone
They just blow through your life Like the wind on the plains
Like the dust that covers everything 'Til the rivers fill with rain
[Chorus:] repeat

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Circle Back

by John Hiatt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G Am G Am

Ward bond Was his sidekick Rowdy Yates?

G Am G Am

Drove that wagon train out West Right along this interstate

G Am G Am

Cross the high plains of Kansas To the Colorado line

G Am

Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'Round the campfire

G Am

They had mountains on their minds

G Am G Am

Those high plains people They're different somehow

G Am

You spent your life leaning into a hard wind

G Am

I guess you're less likely to take a bow

G Am G Am

All these stories buried out here They're calling to me

G Am G Am

Like the earthquakes in California Like the hills back in Tennessee

[Chorus:]

D C Am

I gotta circle back, Touch something near

D Am C

Find out which way to go to get on out of here

Am C

I lost my thread and I've lost some time

Am D C

But it takes a lot of ground for me to change my mind

G Am G Am

Well its 99 in Topeka The wind is blowin' hot

G Am G Am

Blowin through my oldest daughter's hair With everything else I forgot

G Am G Am

I drove her out to college Drove back through an empty space

G Am G Am

Thinkin' back to when she was a baby Tryin' hard to see that face

[Chorus:] same as above

(Use same chords for final verse;G Am G Am on each line)

Two kids up and at 'Em One more left at home

She's a spark plug, a real fire cracker And in four years she'll be gone

They just blow through your life Like the wind on the plains

Like the dust that covers everything 'Til the rivers fill with rain

[Chorus:] repeat

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