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Capo 4 
Well I'm Dsick of all these Bmcity lights
Paying Gtoo much money Afor a good time
Rather Dcall some Bmfriends of mine
Say Gthere's a place that ain't Ahard to find
It's Djust two lefts, Bmone right
A Gbeat up barn on the Acounty line
Ain't Dtoo far for a Bmtruck or car
Yeah GI know a G/F#place Emwe can Ago
Chorus:
On the DbackBmroadsG  A  
And we can crank up that DradiBmoG  A  
Just Dbring an ice chest Bmfull of beer
Ain't Gnothin' but hay Afields out here
And Deverything's gonna Bmbe all right
The Gdance floor's G/F#made of Emdirt toAnight
On the DbackBmroadsG  A  
Yeah back on the DbackBmroadsG  A  
DWhen you get close, you Bmbetter drive slow
GCause this old road's Afull of potholes
Just Dflip your brights a Bmcouple times
GSo we all know you Aain't the PoPo
Yeah Dwe're all here on Bmcountry time
GTearin' it up under Acargo lights 
We might Dstay here Bmall night
GWake up to that Amorning sunrise
Chorus:
On the DbackBmroadsG  A  
And we can crank up that DradiBmoG  A  
Just Dbring an ice chest Bmfull of beer
Ain't Gnothin' but hay Afields out here
And Deverything's gonna Bmbe all right
The Gdance floor's G/F#made of Emdirt toAnight
On the DbackBmroadsG  A  
Yeah back on the DbackBmroadsG  A  
Chorus 2:
Yeah back on the DbackBmroadsG  A  
We can crank up that DradiBmoG  A  
Yeah just Dbring your beer or Bmalcohol
Hell Gyou can even Abring your dog
If Dyou get lost, just Bmgive me a call
We're Gtearin' it up Aall night long
On the DbackBmroadGsA  
Yeah back on the DbacBmkroaGds A  
Aw yeah D  

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Back On The Backroads

by Jon Pardi

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

Capo 4

D Bm

Well I'm sick of all these city lights

G A

Paying too much money for a good time

D Bm

Rather call some friends of mine

G A

Say there's a place that ain't hard to find

D Bm

It's just two lefts, one right

G A

A beat up barn on the county line

D Bm

Ain't too far for a truck or car

G G/F# Em A

Yeah I know a place we can go

Chorus:

D Bm G A

On the backroads

D Bm G A

And we can crank up that radio

D Bm

Just bring an ice chest full of beer

G A

Ain't nothin' but hay fields out here

D Bm

And everything's gonna be all right

G G/F# Em A

The dance floor's made of dirt tonight

D Bm G A

On the backroads

D Bm G A

Yeah back on the backroads

D Bm

When you get close, you better drive slow

G A

Cause this old road's full of potholes

D Bm

Just flip your brights a couple times

G A

So we all know you ain't the PoPo

D Bm

Yeah we're all here on country time

G A

Tearin' it up under cargo lights

D Bm

We might stay here all night

G A

Wake up to that morning sunrise

Chorus:

D Bm G A

On the backroads

D Bm G A

And we can crank up that radio

D Bm

Just bring an ice chest full of beer

G A

Ain't nothin' but hay fields out here

D Bm

And everything's gonna be all right

G G/F# Em A

The dance floor's made of dirt tonight

D Bm G A

On the backroads

D Bm G A

Yeah back on the backroads

Chorus 2:

D Bm G A

Yeah back on the backroads

D Bm G A

We can crank up that radio

D Bm

Yeah just bring your beer or alcohol

G A

Hell you can even bring your dog

D Bm

If you get lost, just give me a call

G A

We're tearin' it up all night long

D Bm G A

On the backroads

D Bm G A

Yeah back on the backroads

Aw yeah

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