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Intro
AbVersDbsus/Abe 1Eb/G  Ab  
My mama would sing on that Dbsus2/Abfront porch swing
I was        Eb/G8-years Abold
Old hands,           Dbsus2/Abgood friends  Eb/G-     feeding my Absoul
Chorus
I gotta go back.           Dbsus2/AbI gotta go Abback
To that place where aEb/Gll those Fmgood old days were Eb/Gat
If I'm Abever gonna get this crazy Dbsus2life of Ab/Cmine on Bbmtrack
I gotta go Abback.       Eb/GI gotta go AbbackDbsus2/Ab  Eb/G  
Verse 2
We spent the Ablast few years Dbsus2/Abon our careersEb/G  
Working our way Abup
With the ladders we've climbed we Dbsus2/Fnever took timeEb/G  
To work on Abus
Chorus
We gotta go back.        Dbsus2/AbWe gotta go Abback
To that place where aEb/Gll those Fmgood old days were Eb/Gat
If we're Abever gonna get this crazy Dbsus2love of Ab/Cours on Bbmtrack
We gotta go Abback.       Eb/GWe gotta go Abback
Interlude
Dbsus2/AbVerse 3Ab/C  Bbm  Ab  Eb/G  
Re - Abmember the days when our Dbsus2/Abchildren were safe
And schools      Eb/Gdidn't have guAbns
There was no Iraq - No Dbsus2/Abterrorist attacks   Eb/G-    No 9 – 1 - Ab1
Chorus
We gotta go back.            Dbsus2/AbWe gotta go Abback
To that place where aEb/Gll those Fmgood old days were Eb/Gat
If we're Abever gonna get this crazy Dbsus2world of Ab/Cours on Bbmtrack
We gotta go Abback.       Eb/GWe gotta go Abback
If we're Abever gonna get this crazy Dbsus2world of Ab/Cours on Bbmtrack
We gotta go Abback.       Eb/GWe gotta go Abback
This is my interpretation of the song and is what I hear. Not including chords with this
one, unless people ask for them. On the slash chords, it is perfectly fine to play
the chord as normal and omit altering the root of the chord. In other words, for the

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Gotta Go Back

by Joey + Rory

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dbsus/Ab

Eb/G

Dbsus2/Ab

Dbsus2

Ab/C

Bbm

Dbsus2/F

Intro

Ab Dbsus/Ab Eb/G Ab

Verse 1

Dbsus2/Ab

My mama would sing on that front porch swing

Eb/G Ab

I was 8-years old

Dbsus2/Ab Eb/G Ab

Old hands, good friends - feeding my soul

Chorus

Dbsus2/Ab Ab

I gotta go back. I gotta go back

Eb/G Fm Eb/G

To that place where all those good old days were at

Ab Dbsus2 Ab/C Bbm

If I'm ever gonna get this crazy life of mine on track

Ab Eb/G Ab Dbsus2/Ab Eb/G

I gotta go back. I gotta go back

Verse 2

Ab Dbsus2/Ab Eb/G

We spent the last few years on our careers

Working our way up

Dbsus2/F Eb/G

With the ladders we've climbed we never took time

To work on us

Chorus

Dbsus2/Ab Ab

We gotta go back. We gotta go back

Eb/G Fm Eb/G

To that place where all those good old days were at

Ab Dbsus2 Ab/C Bbm

If we're ever gonna get this crazy love of ours on track

Ab Eb/G Ab

We gotta go back. We gotta go back

Interlude

Dbsus2/Ab Ab/C Bbm Ab Eb/G

Verse 3

Ab Dbsus2/Ab

Re - member the days when our children were safe

Eb/G Ab

And schools didn't have guns

Dbsus2/Ab Eb/G Ab

There was no Iraq - No terrorist attacks - No 9 – 1 - 1

Chorus

Dbsus2/Ab Ab

We gotta go back. We gotta go back

Eb/G Fm Eb/G

To that place where all those good old days were at

Ab Dbsus2 Ab/C Bbm

If we're ever gonna get this crazy world of ours on track

Ab Eb/G Ab

We gotta go back. We gotta go back

Ab Dbsus2 Ab/C Bbm

If we're ever gonna get this crazy world of ours on track

Ab Eb/G Ab

We gotta go back. We gotta go back

This is my interpretation of the song and is what I hear. Not including chords with this

one, unless people ask for them. On the slash chords, it is perfectly fine to play

the chord as normal and omit altering the root of the chord. In other words, for the

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