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             Gonna Get Back Home Somehow – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
From: "Pot Luck" (1962)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
no special chords or voicings but lower case letters represent single 
(bass) notes not full chords
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[Intro]
|  Dm| % | % | % |
[Verse]
DmHear that old train whistle
DmHowling in the night
DmIf that flyer's southbound
DmThings will be all right
I'm A7leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooA7ow
                                               (break)
          a   g    f    e
                           |  Dm| % | % | % |
I'm gonna get back home somehow
[Verse]
DmDon't nobody tell me
DmBaby’s been untrue
DmIf she's been unfaithful
I Dmdon't know what I'll do
I'm A7leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooA7ow
                                               (break)
          a   g    f    e
                           |  Dm| % | % | % |
I'm gonna get back home somehow
[Middle 8]
GNever thought that I could miss her Dmso
I Gnever thought I could, but now I A7know
[Verse]
DmThe sound of the old train whistle
DmMakes me want to cry
ReDmminds me of that lonely feeling
DmWhen I said goodbye
I'm A7leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooA7ow
                                               (break)
          a   g    f    e
                           |  Dm| % | % | % |
I'm gonna get back home somehow
[Middle 8]
GNever thought that I could miss her Dmso
I Gnever thought I could, but now I A7know
[Verse]
DmThe sound of the old train whistle
DmMakes me want to cry
ReDmminds me of that lonely feeling
DmWhen I said goodbye
I'm A7leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooA7ow
                                               (break)
          a   g    f    e
                           |  Dm| % | % | % |
I'm gonna get back home somehow
[Outro]
|  Dm| % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)

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Gonna Get Back Home Somehow

by Elvis Presley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gonna Get Back Home Somehow – Elvis Presley

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Written by: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman

From: "Pot Luck" (1962)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORDS

no special chords or voicings but lower case letters represent single

(bass) notes not full chords

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Intro]

| | % | % | % |

[Verse]

Hear that old train whistle

Howling in the night

If that flyer's southbound

Things will be all right

A7 A7

I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow

(break)

a g f e

| | % | % | % |

I'm gonna get back home somehow

[Verse]

Don't nobody tell me

Baby’s been untrue

If she's been unfaithful

I don't know what I'll do

A7 A7

I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow

(break)

a g f e

| | % | % | % |

I'm gonna get back home somehow

[Middle 8]

G Dm

Never thought that I could miss her so

G A7

I never thought I could, but now I know

[Verse]

The sound of the old train whistle

Makes me want to cry

Reminds me of that lonely feeling

When I said goodbye

A7 A7

I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow

(break)

a g f e

| | % | % | % |

I'm gonna get back home somehow

[Middle 8]

G Dm

Never thought that I could miss her so

G A7

I never thought I could, but now I know

[Verse]

The sound of the old train whistle

Makes me want to cry

Reminds me of that lonely feeling

When I said goodbye

A7 A7

I'm leaving now, leaving now, leaving now-ow-oooow

(break)

a g f e

| | % | % | % |

I'm gonna get back home somehow

[Outro]

| | % | % | % |

(repeat and fade)

About Gonna Get Back Home Somehow Chords by Elvis Presley

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The chords for "Gonna Get Back Home Somehow" show the original chord names (including Dm, A7, G). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.