Five Days Out And Two Days Back chords by Alison Brown

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: E

Intro:
C

Verse 1:
C
Did our shows, got the applause

The band and me heading for the cars
F                          G
Give a little wave to the fans
C               F        G
Five days out, two days back.
C
Ten years old, a little rose
                             F
She wonders where her daddy goes
                           G
I come home give a little shout
Am                 F   G   C
Two days home then I head out.

[Refrain]
Am    G  C
This guitar
           G  F
This old guitar
         G        C
Once my northern star

Instrumental:
C F C

Verse 2:
C
Up and down the Virginia coast
                               F
We miss the ones we love the most
                     G
Tell my baby on the phone
C                  F         G
Traveling show is traveling home

Verse 3:
C
Put her to bed it’s getting late
                       F
But she wants to negotiate
                    G
Listen daddy what about
Am                  F        C
Five days home and two days out.

[Refrain]
Am   G C
Little gift
Am   G   F
From the band
                  G    C
Small guitar for tiny hands

Instrumental:
F C F C F G C
C F C G C F G C

Verse 4:
Em                                  Am
Did a little extra on the midnight show
                  Cm      F
Quiet in the van two more to go
                   G
Didn’t bother to unpack
     C            F         G
Two days out and five days back

Verse 5:
C
Now I’m home, playing with the kid
                                  F
Card games, word games, great weekend
                      G
Then she asks and I agree
Am                  F     G   C
Play that song you wrote for me

Instrumental:
F C F C F
G C Dm F C G
C G C

Outro:
Am   G  C
This guitar
Am    G  Am
Small guitar
            G    Am
Now her northern star
   G  C
These guitars
Am   G   F
Our guitars
          G        C
Now our northern star
C G C G C G C G C G C