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Take A Backroad

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Standard Tuning
Capo 1
[Verse 1]
DSittin' in six lane backed up traffic
AHorns a honkin', I've about had it
GI'm lookin' for an exit sign
Gotta get ouAtta here, get it all off my mind
DAnd like a memory from your grandpa's attic
AA song comes slippin' through the radio static
GChangin' my mood
A little GeAorge Strait 1982
[Chorus]
DAnd it makes me wanna take a back road
MaAkes me wanna take the long way home
GPut a little gravel in my travel
UnAwind, unravel all night long
DMakes me wanna grab my honey
ATear down some two lane country
Who knGows
Get lost and get right with my soulA  
Makes me wannDa take, makes me wanna take a Aback roadG  A  
[Verse 2]
DI've been cooped up, tied down
'Bout forgotten what a field Alooks like full of corn and cotton
If I'm Ggonna hit a traffic jam
Well it betAter be a tractor man
So Dsick and tired of this interstate system
I Aneed the curvin', windin', twistin' dusty patGh to nowhere
With the winAd blowin' through my baby's hair
[Chorus]
DAnd it makes me wanna take a back road
MaAkes me wanna take the long way home
GPut a little gravel in my travel
UnAwind, unravel all night long
DMakes me wanna grab my honey
ATear down some two lane country
Who knGows
Get lost and get right with my soulA  
Makes me wanna Dtake, makes me wanna take a Aback roadG  A  
[Verse 3]
DMaybe it's the feeling
Maybe it's thAe freedom
MayGbe it's that shady spot where we Apark the truck when things get, 
yeah parDk the truck when thinAgs get hot
[Chorus]
DAnd it makes me wanna take a back road
MaAkes me wanna take the long way home
GPut a little gravel in my travel
UnAwind, unravel all night long
DMakes me wanna grab my honey
ATear down some two lane country
      G

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Take A Backroad

by Rodney Atkins

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning

Capo 1

[Verse 1]

Sittin' in six lane backed up traffic

Horns a honkin', I've about had it

I'm lookin' for an exit sign

Gotta get outta here, get it all off my mind

And like a memory from your grandpa's attic

A song comes slippin' through the radio static

Changin' my mood

A little George Strait 1982

[Chorus]

And it makes me wanna take a back road

Makes me wanna take the long way home

Put a little gravel in my travel

Unwind, unravel all night long

Makes me wanna grab my honey

Tear down some two lane country

Who knows

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]

I've been cooped up, tied down

'Bout forgotten what a field looks like full of corn and cotton

If I'm gonna hit a traffic jam

Well it better be a tractor man

So sick and tired of this interstate system

A G

I need the curvin', windin', twistin' dusty path to nowhere

With the wind blowin' through my baby's hair

[Chorus]

And it makes me wanna take a back road

Makes me wanna take the long way home

Put a little gravel in my travel

Unwind, unravel all night long

Makes me wanna grab my honey

Tear down some two lane country

Who knows

Get lost and get right with my soul

D A G A

Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road

[Verse 3]

Maybe it's the feeling

Maybe it's the freedom

G A

Maybe it's that shady spot where we park the truck when things get,

D A

yeah park the truck when things get hot

[Chorus]

And it makes me wanna take a back road

Makes me wanna take the long way home

Put a little gravel in my travel

Unwind, unravel all night long

Makes me wanna grab my honey

Tear down some two lane country

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