Back O Beyond chords by Gaberlunzie

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
C                         F                       C  F C G
The tang o' the pines is fine as it hangs on the air
       C          F          C                 G
The summer sun smiles, for whiles he hasn't a care
      C                      F                        C   F C G
The river runs free, and the bee sings her honeycomb song
         C                      F                     C    F C G
By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond

Verse 2:
     C                      F                      C  F C G
The only real life is the life of the travelling man
  C           F          C              G
Free as the smoke are the folk of the travelling van
      C                        F                          C   F C G
At peace with the breeze, the trees and the birds on the pond
        C                       F                     C    F C G
By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond

Verse 3:
       C                     F                      C  F C G
The children they yearn to learn the word of the school
     C            F           C                        G
The old-ways are gone like raindrops that fall in the pool
           C                          F                      C   F C G
But we'll teach them to care, set a snare, and live off the land
         C                      F                     C    F C G
As they wander the track that leads to the back o' beyond

Verse 4:
 C                         F                      C  F C G
But be on your guard, for hard are the winters of home
   C                  F          C             G
Twenty below and the snow lying hard as the stone
           C                F                   C   F C G
There's little to eat, and heat, just a memory gone
         C                      F                     C    F C G
By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond

Verse 5:
      C                    F                      C  F C G
Aye maybe it's true, that you have a mansion and land
      C        F              C                      G
And maybe the wife likes the life that is unco and grand
         C                F                   C   F C G
But I'm happy to be, just me as I'm dodging along
         C                      F                     C    F C G
Tae the end o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond

Verse 6:
     C                     F                      C  F C G
The tang o' the pines is fine as it hangs on the air
       C          F          C                 G
The summer sun smiles, for whiles he hasn't a care
      C                      F                        C   F C G
The river runs free, and the bee sings her honeycomb song
         C                      F                      C   F C
By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond