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Straight Back by Fleetwood Mac

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Key: Am

Tuning: Standard

🎸 Intro: 

 Am | G/A | Fadd9/A | Am :



🎸 Verse 1:
Am         G/A
What can I say this time
Fadd9/A                Am
Which card shall I play
    Am           G/A
The dream is not over
    Fadd9/A        Am
The dream is just away

🎸 Verse 2:
    Am                G/A
And you will fly like some little wing
Fadd9/A              Am
Straight back to the sun
    Am              G/A
The dream was never over
    Fadd9/A              F :
The dream has just    begun

🎸 Interlude: 
 F | G/F | F | G/F :
            The dream has just begun
 F | G/F | F | G/F :

Verse pattern:
 Am | G/A | Fadd9/A | Am :

🎸 Verse 3:
Am               G/A   Fadd9/A    Am
Fingers find the ivory keys and a song
Am          G/A        Fadd9/A     Am
Begins to begin like a wolf on the run
    Am                  G/A
And you will find while in the wind
Fadd9/A            Am
Something that you lost
    Am              G/A
The dream was never over, no
    Fadd9/A             F :
The dream was only    lost

🎸 Interlude: 
 F | G/F | F | G/F :
            The dream has just begun
 F | G/F | F | G/F :
            The dream has just begun
 F | G/F | F | G/F :
 Well, the dream has just begun

Verse pattern:
 Am | G/A | Fadd9/A | Am :
 Am | G/A | Fadd9/A | Am :

Middle 8:
      Am                        G
She remembers how good it can be
     D               E
He remembers a melody
           Am           G
Ah, in the shadow of my shadow
     D       E
In a gleam
     Am                      G
He remembers how good it can be
      D             E
She remembers a melody
             Am           G
Well, in the shadow of my shadow
     D       E
In a gleam      Oh-oh

🎸 Outro: 
 F | G/F | Fmaj7 | G/F :

(repeat and fade: solo and vocals ad lib)



CHORDS INSTRUCTIONS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
G/A     x-0-0-0-0-3 or x-0-5-4-3-3
Fadd9/A x-0-3-2-1-3 or x-0-3-5-6-3
G/F     1-x-0-0-0-3

Straight Back Chords Info

Published: December 11, 2022

Last Updated: February 11, 2026

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Chords: Am, G/A, Fadd9/A, F, G/F, G, D, E, Fmaj7, A, B