Chords with lyrics
Key: G# minorG#m
🎸 Intro:
E minorEm D MajorD
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Wo o o
🎸 Verse 1:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
For sale by owner sign on Highway fifty-nine
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
A augmentedA signal of the times, a turning of the page
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
There used to be nothing here, but that nothing disappeared
D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
The pond, the barn, the farm, the fields have long since been replaced
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Asphalt parking where that ten pew Pentecostal stood
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Fast food, four lanes, and a subdivided neighborhood
🎸 Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
The walls of the world are closin’ in
C majorC
The spreadin’ city spreads us thin
G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
Till we can't seem to make our ends meet in the black
G+G E minorEm
I never would've thought it wouldn't last
C majorC
A augmentedA way of life that time moved past
G+G A minorAm E minorEm G+G
What I wouldn't give to have the back forty back
🎸 Instrumental:
E minorEm D MajorD
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
🎸 Verse 2:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Maybe I’m a sucker for knowing who lives next door
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
A augmentedA view from my back porch, a pinch of peace and quiet
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
I can’t get back the used to be’s, so I hang on to the memories
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Of when I could still look up and see the stars not street lights shining
🎸 Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
The walls of the world are closin’ in
C majorC
The spreadin’ city spreads us thin
G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
Till we can't seem to make our ends meet in the black
G+G E minorEm
I never would've thought it wouldn't last
C majorC
A augmentedA way of life that time moved past
G+G A minorAm E minorEm G+G
What I wouldn't give to have the back forty back
🎸 Post-Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
Now
I get that progress has its place
C majorC
And no regard for what it takes
G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
Wish it would slow its pace, and cut us all some slack
G+G E minorEm
‘Cause it’s all changing way too fast
C majorC
A augmentedA way of life that time moved past
G+G A minorAm E minorEm G+G
What I wouldn't give to have the back forty back
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC