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Back Where I Started

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Intro/Solos: C, Dm7  
Verses: C,  Dm7x6 
        D9, F  
        C,  Dm7x2
Chorus: Am, G, E, F  
        C, D9, F, C  
Dancing backwards wound up in another place and time.
no way of knowing where i was headed to.
maybe i was running away like always
sure wasn't ready for something new.
How did I wander back where I started?
I’m so glad I found you there.
Time was wasting away, like water through my hands
and blood was dripping from my soul.
Caught up in the motion, motion that is every man
Spinning out of control
How did I get back to where I started?
I’m so glad I found you there, yes I’m so glad
I found you there.
Seems like I’ve know you for a thousand years.
Seems like I’ve watched you grow from a child.
It’s hard to remember the first time I saw your face
With the moonlight in your smile.
How did I wander back where I started?
I’m so glad I found you there
I’m so glad I found you there
Oh, I’m so glad I found you there
And I’m so glad I found you there

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Back Where I Started

by The Derek Trucks Band

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

C Dm7

Intro/Solos: ,

C Dm7

Verses: , x6

D9 F

C Dm7

, x2

Am G E F

Chorus: , , ,

C D9 F C

, , ,

Dancing backwards wound up in another place and time.

no way of knowing where i was headed to.

maybe i was running away like always

sure wasn't ready for something new.

How did I wander back where I started?

I’m so glad I found you there.

Time was wasting away, like water through my hands

and blood was dripping from my soul.

Caught up in the motion, motion that is every man

Spinning out of control

How did I get back to where I started?

I’m so glad I found you there, yes I’m so glad

I found you there.

Seems like I’ve know you for a thousand years.

Seems like I’ve watched you grow from a child.

It’s hard to remember the first time I saw your face

With the moonlight in your smile.

How did I wander back where I started?

I’m so glad I found you there

Oh, I’m so glad I found you there

And I’m so glad I found you there

About Back Where I Started Chords by The Derek Trucks Band

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