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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
FI was sitting on a bar stool
CIn a barbecue joint in TGenneCsseeG  
FWhen this ole boy walked in
CAnd he sat right down neDxt to meD/D#  
EmI could tell he’d been through some hard timesC  F  C  
EmThere were tearstains on his old shirtC  F  C  
FAnd he said "ya wanna know what ya get
CWhen you play a country song backwards?"G  
[Chorus 1]
GYa get your house back 
Ya get your dog back 
Ya get your best friend Jack back 
Ya get your truck back 
Ya get your hair back 
Ya get your first and second wives back 
CYour front porch swing 
Your pretty little thing 
Your bling bling bling 
And a diamond ring 
GYour get your farm and a barn and the boat and the Harley 
First night in jail with Charlie 
DSounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd 
GBut that’s what you get
When you play a country song backwards
[Verse 2]
CWell I never heard it said quite like that
GIt hit me in the face 'cause that’s where I'm at
CI almost fell flat out on the floor
DHe said "Wait a minute, that’s not all, there's even more"
[Chorus 2]
GYa get your mind back 
Your nerves back 
Your first heart attack back 
You get your pride back, 
You get your life back 
You get your first real love back 
CYou get your big screen TV, 
A DVD and a washing machine 
GYou get the pond and the lawn 
The bail and the mower 
You get to go back where you 
Don’t know her 
DIt sounds a little crazy 
A little scattered and absurd 
GBut that’s what you get 
When you play a country song backwards 
Individual Notes
G[InsFtrumEental D#BreakD] (ChC#ords)C  A  A#  B  C  
CIndivGidual CNoteDs
C   D   C    D    F#    F     E
[Verse 3]
CWe sat there and shot the bull
About how it would be
DIf Dwe could turn it alDl arDound
And change this C-R-A-P
[Chorus 3]
GYa get your house back 
Ya get your dog back Ya get your best friend Jack back 
Ya get your truck back 
Ya get your hair back 
Ya get your first and second wives back 
CYour front porch swing 
Your pretty little thing 
Your bling bling bling 
And a diamond ring 
GYour get your farm and a barn
And the boat and the Harley 
First night in jail with Charlie 
Ya get your mind back 
Your nerves back 
Your first heart attack back 
You get your pride back, 
You get your life back 
You get your first real love back 
CYou get your big screen TV, 
A DVD and a washing machine 
GYou get the pond and the lawn 
The bail and the mower 
You get to go back where you 
Don’t know her 
DIt sounds a little crazy 
A little scattered and absurd 
GBut that’s what you get 
When you play a country song backwards!
[Outro]
G

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Backwards

by Rascal Flatts

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/D#

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I was sitting on a bar stool

C G C G

In a barbecue joint in Tennessee

When this ole boy walked in

C D D/D#

And he sat right down next to me

Em C F C

I could tell he’d been through some hard times

Em C F C

There were tearstains on his old shirt

And he said "ya wanna know what ya get

C G

When you play a country song backwards?"

[Chorus 1]

Ya get your house back

Ya get your dog back

Ya get your best friend Jack back

Ya get your truck back

Ya get your hair back

Ya get your first and second wives back

Your front porch swing

Your pretty little thing

Your bling bling bling

And a diamond ring

Your get your farm and a barn and the boat and the Harley

First night in jail with Charlie

Sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd

But that’s what you get

When you play a country song backwards

[Verse 2]

Well I never heard it said quite like that

It hit me in the face 'cause that’s where I'm at

I almost fell flat out on the floor

He said "Wait a minute, that’s not all, there's even more"

[Chorus 2]

Ya get your mind back

Your nerves back

Your first heart attack back

You get your pride back,

You get your life back

You get your first real love back

You get your big screen TV,

A DVD and a washing machine

You get the pond and the lawn

The bail and the mower

You get to go back where you

Don’t know her

It sounds a little crazy

A little scattered and absurd

But that’s what you get

When you play a country song backwards

Individual Notes

G F E D# D C# C A A# B C

[Instrumental Break] (Chords)

C G C D

Individual Notes

C D C D F# F E

[Verse 3]

We sat there and shot the bull

About how it would be

D D D D

If we could turn it all around

And change this C-R-A-P

[Chorus 3]

Ya get your house back

Ya get your dog back Ya get your best friend Jack back

Ya get your truck back

Ya get your hair back

Ya get your first and second wives back

Your front porch swing

Your pretty little thing

Your bling bling bling

And a diamond ring

Your get your farm and a barn

And the boat and the Harley

First night in jail with Charlie

Ya get your mind back

Your nerves back

Your first heart attack back

You get your pride back,

You get your life back

You get your first real love back

You get your big screen TV,

A DVD and a washing machine

You get the pond and the lawn

The bail and the mower

You get to go back where you

Don’t know her

It sounds a little crazy

A little scattered and absurd

But that’s what you get

When you play a country song backwards!

[Outro]

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