Take A Back Road Chords by Rodney Atkins
Tempo:
85.1 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
Fm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Ab] I'm looking for an exit sign.
[Fm] Gotta get out of here, get it all off my [Eb] mind.
Then like a memory from your grandpa's [Bb] attic, a song comes slipping through the radio [Ab] static,
changing my mood.
A little George Strait in 1982, [Eb] and it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [F] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Abm] [Cm] [Eb] I've been cooped up, god damn bad, forgotten [Bb] what a field looks like.
Full of corn and cotton [Ab] if I'm gonna hit a traffic jam.
[F] Well, it better [C] be a tractor, man.
[Eb] So sick and tired of this interstate [Bb] system.
I need a curving wind and [Fm] twisting, dusty path to nowhere.
[Eb] [Ab] With the wind blowing through my baby's hair, [Eb] yeah, it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [Cm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
Some old back road.
[Fm] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] Maybe it's the feeling, [Bb] maybe it's the freedom.
[F] Maybe it's that [Gm] shady spot [Ab] where we park the truck when things get [N] hot.
Girl, we park the truck when [Eb] things get hot.
And it makes me wanna take a back road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my [Ab] travel, unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab your [Fm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
[Fm] Who knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
Makes [Eb] me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road.
[Cm] [Bb] Some old back road.
Get back with my [Fm] soul.
[Ab] All I gotta do is take the [Eb] some old back road.
[Bb] The shady spot where things get hot, [Fm] girl.
[Ab] Wet down, wet down, wet down some old back road.
[N]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Ab] I'm looking for an exit sign.
[Fm] Gotta get out of here, get it all off my [Eb] mind.
Then like a memory from your grandpa's [Bb] attic, a song comes slipping through the radio [Ab] static,
changing my mood.
A little George Strait in 1982, [Eb] and it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [F] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Abm] [Cm] [Eb] I've been cooped up, god damn bad, forgotten [Bb] what a field looks like.
Full of corn and cotton [Ab] if I'm gonna hit a traffic jam.
[F] Well, it better [C] be a tractor, man.
[Eb] So sick and tired of this interstate [Bb] system.
I need a curving wind and [Fm] twisting, dusty path to nowhere.
[Eb] [Ab] With the wind blowing through my baby's hair, [Eb] yeah, it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [Cm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
Some old back road.
[Fm] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] Maybe it's the feeling, [Bb] maybe it's the freedom.
[F] Maybe it's that [Gm] shady spot [Ab] where we park the truck when things get [N] hot.
Girl, we park the truck when [Eb] things get hot.
And it makes me wanna take a back road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my [Ab] travel, unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab your [Fm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
[Fm] Who knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
Makes [Eb] me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road.
[Cm] [Bb] Some old back road.
Get back with my [Fm] soul.
[Ab] All I gotta do is take the [Eb] some old back road.
[Bb] The shady spot where things get hot, [Fm] girl.
[Ab] Wet down, wet down, wet down some old back road.
[N]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
Fm
Cm
Eb
Bb
Ab
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ab] I'm looking for an exit sign.
[Fm] Gotta get out of here, get it all off my [Eb] mind.
Then like a memory from your grandpa's [Bb] attic, a song comes slipping through the radio [Ab] static,
changing my mood.
A little George Strait in 1982, [Eb] and it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [F] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul. _
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Eb] _ [Abm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] I've been cooped up, god damn bad, forgotten [Bb] what a field looks like.
Full of corn and cotton [Ab] if I'm gonna hit a traffic jam.
[F] Well, it better [C] be a tractor, man.
[Eb] So sick and tired of this interstate [Bb] system.
I need a curving wind and [Fm] twisting, dusty path to nowhere.
[Eb] [Ab] With the wind blowing through my baby's hair, [Eb] yeah, it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [Cm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
_ Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
_ Some old back road. _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Maybe it's the feeling, [Bb] maybe it's the freedom.
[F] Maybe it's that [Gm] shady spot [Ab] where we park the truck when things get [N] hot.
Girl, we park the truck when [Eb] things get hot.
And it makes me wanna take a back road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my [Ab] travel, unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab your [Fm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
[Fm] Who knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
_ Makes [Eb] me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road.
_ [Cm] [Bb] Some old back road.
Get back with my [Fm] soul.
[Ab] All I gotta do is take the [Eb] some old back road.
[Bb] The shady spot where things get hot, [Fm] girl.
[Ab] Wet down, wet down, wet down some old back road.
_ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ab] I'm looking for an exit sign.
[Fm] Gotta get out of here, get it all off my [Eb] mind.
Then like a memory from your grandpa's [Bb] attic, a song comes slipping through the radio [Ab] static,
changing my mood.
A little George Strait in 1982, [Eb] and it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [F] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul. _
Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Eb] _ [Abm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] I've been cooped up, god damn bad, forgotten [Bb] what a field looks like.
Full of corn and cotton [Ab] if I'm gonna hit a traffic jam.
[F] Well, it better [C] be a tractor, man.
[Eb] So sick and tired of this interstate [Bb] system.
I need a curving wind and [Fm] twisting, dusty path to nowhere.
[Eb] [Ab] With the wind blowing through my baby's hair, [Eb] yeah, it makes me wanna take a back [Cm] road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my travel, [Ab] unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab my [Cm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
Who [Fm] knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
_ Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna [Eb] take a back road.
_ Some old back road. _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Maybe it's the feeling, [Bb] maybe it's the freedom.
[F] Maybe it's that [Gm] shady spot [Ab] where we park the truck when things get [N] hot.
Girl, we park the truck when [Eb] things get hot.
And it makes me wanna take a back road.
[Bb] Makes me wanna take the long way [Fm] home.
Put a little gravel in [Eb] my [Ab] travel, unwind, unravel all night [Eb] long.
Makes me wanna grab your [Fm] honey, [Bb] tear down some two lane country.
[Fm] Who knows?
Get [Eb] lost and get right with [Ab] my soul.
_ Makes [Eb] me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road.
_ [Cm] [Bb] Some old back road.
Get back with my [Fm] soul.
[Ab] All I gotta do is take the [Eb] some old back road.
[Bb] The shady spot where things get hot, [Fm] girl.
[Ab] Wet down, wet down, wet down some old back road.
_ _ _ _ [N] _