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    Bm- x24432
     A- x02220
  Bm/A- x04432
     G- 320033
   Em7- 022033
     D- xx0232
    D7- xx0212
 Dmaj7- xx0222
BmAround the time of 'clambake'
Movie number twenty-five
You and the lying Dutchman
Are still in overdrive
You're as strong as when you started
Mississippi in your soul
You can still be Marlon Brando
And the Aking of rock and Bmroll
BmIt isn't just the records
No, you must have Hollywood
The songs alone are not enough
That much is understood
You'll soon be back in Memphis
Maybe then you'll know what to do
The storylines they're giving you
Are Ajust not ringing BmtrueBm/A  
Oh, it's a ways to GgoEm7  A  D  
Back to TupeloG  Em7  A  D7  
Oh, it's a ways to GgoEm7  A  D  
Back to TupeloG  Em7  A  
Em7 A Dmaj7 G
Em7 A Dmaj7 G
Em7 A
BmWhen you're young and beautiful
Your dreams are all ideals
Later on it's not the same
Lord, everything is real
Sixteen hundred miles of highway
Roll back to the truth
And a song to give your mother
In your Afirst recording Bmbooth
BmAround the time of 'clambake'
That old dream's still rolling on
Sometimes there'll be the feeling
Things are going wrong
The morning star is fading
Lord, the Mississippi's cold
You can still be Marlon Brando
And the Aking of rock and BmrollBm/A  
But, it's a ways to GgoEm7  A  D  
Back to TupeloG  Em7  A  D7  
Oh, it's a ways to GgoEm7  A  D  
Back to TupeloG  Em7  A  
Em7 A Dmaj7 G
Em7 A Dmaj7 G
Em7 A

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Back To Tupelo

by Mark Knopfler

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm/A

Em7

Dmaj7

- x24432

- x02220

Bm/A

- x04432

- 320033

Em7

- 022033

- xx0232

- xx0212

Dmaj7

- xx0222

Around the time of 'clambake'

Movie number twenty-five

You and the lying Dutchman

Are still in overdrive

You're as strong as when you started

Mississippi in your soul

You can still be Marlon Brando

A Bm

And the king of rock and roll

It isn't just the records

No, you must have Hollywood

The songs alone are not enough

That much is understood

You'll soon be back in Memphis

Maybe then you'll know what to do

The storylines they're giving you

A Bm Bm/A

Are just not ringing true

G Em7 A D

Oh, it's a ways to go

G Em7 A D7

Back to Tupelo

G Em7 A D

Oh, it's a ways to go

G Em7 A

Back to Tupelo

Em7 A Dmaj7 G

Em7 A

When you're young and beautiful

Your dreams are all ideals

Later on it's not the same

Lord, everything is real

Sixteen hundred miles of highway

Roll back to the truth

And a song to give your mother

A Bm

In your first recording booth

Around the time of 'clambake'

That old dream's still rolling on

Sometimes there'll be the feeling

Things are going wrong

The morning star is fading

Lord, the Mississippi's cold

You can still be Marlon Brando

A Bm Bm/A

And the king of rock and roll

G Em7 A D

But, it's a ways to go

G Em7 A D7

Back to Tupelo

G Em7 A D

Oh, it's a ways to go

G Em7 A

Back to Tupelo

Em7 A Dmaj7 G

Em7 A

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