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 Em=  Cmaj7/E(RH piano/voice sings/plays  Cwhile LH piano plays  E   G   B)
ORDER: I V1 PC1 C BD V2 PC2 C BU BD C
[INTRO]
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
[VERSE 1]
FStep off Amthe train Gat dawn
Back in the Gplace where EmI was Fborn
and it's been Ften years Amsince I've Gbeen gone
It took me Gten years Emto know FI'm wrong
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Fadd9I've been  AmeveryGwhere and nothing is new
And GI've done  EmeveryFthing I've set out to do
I'm Fnothing Amwithout Gyou,
Without you I'm nothing at Gadd4allEm  F  
[CHORUS]
Now I'm Fback where AmI beGadd4long
No G6matter Emwhere I'm Ffrom
It's Fbeen here Amall aGlong
I Gfinally Emmade it Fhome
[BREAKDOWN]
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
[VERSE 2]
Don't Fknow the Amprice of Gtime
Until you Gknow what Emlife can Fbuy
You know I Fhope the Amworld's been Gkind
Hope you can Gsee it Emin my Feyes
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
And FI've been  AmeveryGwhere, and nothing is new
And GI've done  EmeveryFthing I've set out to do
I'm Fnothing Amwithout Gyou,
Without you I'm nothing at Gadd4allEm  F  
[CHORUS]
Now I'm Fback where AmI beGadd4long
No G6matter Emwhere I'm Ffrom
It's Fbeen here Amall aGlong
I Gfinally Emmade it Fhome
[BUILD-UP]
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
   F    Am   G| |
I Gfinally Emmade it Fhome
[BREAKDOWN]
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
   F    Am   G| |
   G    Em   F| |
[CHORUS]
Now I'm Fback where AmI beGadd4long
No G6matter Emwhere I'm Ffrom
It's Fbeen here Amall aGlong
I Gfinally Emmade it Fhome

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Back Where I Belong

by Otto Knows

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7/E

Fadd9

Gadd4

Rhythm:

/ = new chord

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

/ / / | |

You can use the simplify chord function; these just give hints on what the voice is singing too.

Em Cmaj7/E C E G B

= (RH piano/voice sings/plays while LH piano plays )

ORDER: I V1 PC1 C BD V2 PC2 C BU BD C

[INTRO]

F Am G

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G Em F

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F Am G

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G Em F

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[VERSE 1]

F Am G

Step off the train at dawn

G Em F

Back in the place where I was born

F Am G

and it's been ten years since I've been gone

G Em F

It took me ten years to know I'm wrong

[PRE-CHORUS 1]

Fadd9 Am G

I've been everywhere and nothing is new

G Em F

And I've done everything I've set out to do

F Am G

I'm nothing without you,

Gadd4 Em F

Without you I'm nothing at all

[CHORUS]

F Am Gadd4

Now I'm back where I belong

G6 Em F

No matter where I'm from

F Am G

It's been here all along

G Em F

I finally made it home

[BREAKDOWN]

F Am G

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G Em F

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F Am G

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G Em F

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[VERSE 2]

F Am G

Don't know the price of time

G Em F

Until you know what life can buy

F Am G

You know I hope the world's been kind

G Em F

Hope you can see it in my eyes

[PRE-CHORUS 2]

F Am G

And I've been everywhere, and nothing is new

G Em F

And I've done everything I've set out to do

F Am G

I'm nothing without you,

Gadd4 Em F

Without you I'm nothing at all

[CHORUS]

F Am Gadd4

Now I'm back where I belong

G6 Em F

No matter where I'm from

F Am G

It's been here all along

G Em F

I finally made it home

[BUILD-UP]

F Am G

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G Em F

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F Am G

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G Em F

I finally made it home

[BREAKDOWN]

F Am G

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G Em F

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F Am G

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G Em F

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[CHORUS]

F Am Gadd4

Now I'm back where I belong

G6 Em F

No matter where I'm from

F Am G

It's been here all along

G Em F

I finally made it home

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