Way Back Home chords by Bob Crosby

Chords with lyrics

Way Back Home
Bob Crosby (1935)

Fm6:    x8676x
E7sus2:   x7977x
Eb7sus2:  x6866x
Eb7sus2/Bb: 6x866x
Eb6add9no5: x6556x

e|-6--8-6---------6-----------6--9-6-9-6--9--6-9--6-
BB|--------7-6--4-----4--4-7---6--7-6-7-6--7--6-7--6-
G+G|-3--5-3---------3-----------7--8-7-8-7--8--7-8--7-
D MajorD|--------4-3--1-----1--1-4-------------------------
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------

Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb     Fm6Fm6      Bb7Bb7
The roads are the dustiest, the winds are the gustiest
  Eb7Eb7        Eb7/Bb  Ab7Ab7     Ab7Ab7
The gates are the rustiest, the pies are the crustiest
Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb  Fm6Fm6       Bb7Bb7
The songs the lustiest, the friends the trustiest
Eb MajorEb Edim7Edim7 Fm6Fm6    Bb7Bb7
Way back home (Back home)

Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb     Fm6Fm6     Bb7Bb7
The trees are the sappiest, the days are the nappiest
  Eb7Eb7     Eb7/Bb    Ab7Ab7     Ab7Ab7
The dogs are the yappiest, the kids are the scrappiest
Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb   Fm6Fm6      Bb7Bb7
The jokes the snappiest, the folks the happiest
Eb MajorEb Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Way back home

Eb MajorEb     GbmGbm      F minorFm   Bb7Bb7
Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb MajorEb    GbmGbm   F minorFm  Bb7Bb7
I really must confess
G+G      GbGb
I'm a weary exile
FF     Bb7Bb7   C minorCm  F7sus2 Bb7Bb7
Singing my song of lone-li-  ness

Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb      Fm6Fm6     Bb7Bb7
The grass is the springiest, the bees are the stingiest
  Eb7Eb7      Eb7/Bb    Ab7Ab7      Ab7Ab7
The birds are the wingiest, the bells are the ringiest
   Eb MajorEb           Eb/BbEb/Bb
(The hearts) the hearts the singiest
   Fm6Fm6        Bb7Bb7
(The arms) the arms the clingiest
Eb MajorEb Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Way back home

e|-6-8-6-9-6---6------|
BB|-----------9---9-7--|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

E7sus2     Eb MajorEb         Eb/BbEb/Bb
(What about the sun) The sun's the blaziest
     Fm6Fm6          Bb7Bb7
(And the fields) The fields the daisiest
     Eb7sus2      Eb7sus2/Bb
(And the cows) The cows the graziest
     Ab7Ab7         Ab7Ab7
(And the help) The help's the laziest
  Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb
The boys (are the wittiest)
  Fm6Fm6      Bb7Bb7
The girls (are the prettiest)
Eb MajorEb Fm6Fm6 Bb7Bb7
Way back home

Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb     Fm6Fm6     Bb7Bb7
(The pigs are the snootiest, the owls are the hootiest)
Eb7sus2     Eb7sus2/Bb Ab7Ab7     Ab7Ab7
 The plants the fruitiest, the stars the shootiest
   Eb MajorEb    Eb/BbEb/Bb   Fm6Fm6      Bb7Bb7
(The grins the funniest), the smiles the sunniest
Eb MajorEb Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Way back home

Eb MajorEb     GbmGbm      F minorFm   Bb7Bb7
Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb MajorEb    GbmGbm   F minorFm  Bb7Bb7
I really must confess
G+G      GbGb
I'm a weary exile
FF     Bb7Bb7   C minorCm  F7sus2 Bb7Bb7
Singing my song of lone-li-  ness

Eb MajorEb     Eb/BbEb/Bb      Fm6Fm6     Bb7Bb7
The food is the spreadiest, the wine is the headiest
  Eb7Eb7     Eb7/Bb    Ab7Ab7     Ab7Ab7
The pals are the readiest, the gals are the steadiest
Eb MajorEb      Eb/BbEb/Bb  Fm6Fm6      Bb7Bb7
The love the liveliest, the life the loveliest
Eb MajorEb  Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb  Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb  Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Way back, way back, way back home
  Fm7Fm7    (Gm7Gm7) Bb7Bb7  Eb6add9no5
(No place like home) sweet home

E MajorE|-9-6-
BB|-9-8-
G+G|-9-8-
D MajorD|-----
A augmentedA|-----
E MajorE|-----