Bob Crosby – Way Back Home chords

Way Back Home
Bob Crosby (1935)

Fm6:        x8676xE7sus2:     x7977x
Eb7sus2:    x6866x
Eb7sus2/Bb: 6x866xEb6add9no5: x6556x

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    Eb            Eb/Bb         Fm6           Bb7The roads are the dustiest, the winds are the gustiest
    Eb7                Eb7/Bb   Ab7          Ab7The gates are the rustiest, the pies are the crustiest
Eb            Eb/Bb    Fm6              Bb7The songs the lustiest, the friends the trustiest
Eb  Edim7 Fm6        Bb7Way back  home (Back home)

    Eb            Eb/Bb         Fm6          Bb7The trees are the sappiest, the days are the nappiest
    Eb7          Eb7/Bb        Ab7          Ab7The dogs are the yappiest, the kids are the scrappiest
Eb            Eb/Bb     Fm6            Bb7The jokes the snappiest, the folks the happiest
Eb  Bb7  EbWay  back home

Eb         Gbm            Fm     Bb7Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb       Gbm     Fm   Bb7I really must confess
G           Gb   I'm a weary exile
F          Bb7     Cm   F7sus2 Bb7Singing my song of lone-li-    ness

    Eb           Eb/Bb           Fm6          Bb7The grass is the springiest, the bees are the stingiest
    Eb7           Eb7/Bb        Ab7           Ab7The birds are the wingiest, the bells are the ringiest
     Eb                     Eb/Bb(The hearts) the hearts the singiest
     Fm6                Bb7(The arms) the arms the clingiest
Eb  Bb7  EbWay back home

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E7sus2          Eb                 Eb/Bb(What about the sun) The sun's the blaziest
         Fm6                    Bb7(And the fields) The fields the daisiest
         Eb7sus2            Eb7sus2/Bb(And the cows) The cows the graziest
         Ab7                  Ab7(And the help) The help's the laziest
    Eb            Eb/Bb The boys (are the wittiest)
    Fm6            Bb7The girls (are the prettiest)
Eb  Fm6  Bb7Way back home

     Eb           Eb/Bb          Fm6          Bb7(The pigs are the snootiest, the owls are the hootiest)
Eb7sus2         Eb7sus2/Bb  Ab7          Ab7     The plants the fruitiest, the stars the shootiest
     Eb        Eb/Bb      Fm6            Bb7(The grins the funniest), the smiles the sunniest
Eb  Bb7  EbWay back home

Eb         Gbm            Fm     Bb7Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb       Gbm     Fm   Bb7I really must confess
G           Gb   I'm a weary exile
F          Bb7     Cm   F7sus2 Bb7Singing my song of lone-li-    ness

    Eb          Eb/Bb           Fm6         Bb7The food is the spreadiest, the wine is the headiest
    Eb7          Eb7/Bb        Ab7          Ab7The pals are the readiest, the gals are the steadiest
Eb            Eb/Bb    Fm6           Bb7The love the liveliest, the life the loveliest
Eb   Bb7  Eb   Bb7  Eb   Bb7 EbWay back, way back, way back home
    Fm7       (Gm7)  Bb7   Eb6add9no5(No place like home) sweet home

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