John Hiatt

Buffalo River Home Chords

by John Hiatt
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Key: E 🎸 Intro: C F C F C 🎸 Verse 1: G I've been taking off and landing C But this airport's closed F C And how much thicker this fog is gonna get G God only knows F Just when you think that you've got a grip C F Reality sneaks off, it gives you the slip C G/B Am G As if you ever knew what it was F Em Dm Takin' you down the lime
🎸 Chorus: G C Tearing through the cotton fields and bus shelters F Of the South runnin' helter skelter C G/B Am Down through the Mississippi Delta G F G With no place to call your own C Mixing up drinks with mixed feeling F All along the paint was peeling C G/B Am Down to an Indian blanket on a pony G F Em Dm With no rider in the flesh and bone F C Lookin' for his Buffalo river home 🎸 Interlude: C F C F C 🎸 Verse 2: G I've been circling the wagons C Down at Time Square F C Trying to fill up this hole in my soul G But nothing fits there F Just when you think you can let it rip C F You're pounding the pavement in your daddy's wingtips C G/B Am G As if you had someplace else to go F Em Dm Or a better way to get there 🎸 Chorus: G C Tearing through the cotton fields and bus shelters F Of the South runnin' helter skelter C G/B Am Down through the Mississippi Delta G F G With no place to call your own C Mixing up drinks with mixed feeling F All along the paint was peeling C G/B Am Down to an Indian blanket on a pony G F Em Dm With no rider in the flesh and bone F C Lookin' for his Buffalo river home 🎸 Interlude: C F C F C 🎸 Verse 3: G Now there's only two things in life C But I forget what they are F C It seems we're either hangin' on a moonbeam's coattails G Or wishing on stars F Just when you think that you've been gyped C Dm F The bearded lady comes and does a double back flip C G/B Am And you run off and join the circus G F Em Dm Yeah you just let that pony ride 🎸 Chorus: G C Tearing through the cotton fields and bus shelters F Of the South runnin' helter skelter C G/B Am Down through the Mississippi Delta G F G With no place to call your own C Mixing up drinks with mixed feeling F All along the paint was peeling C G/B Am Down to an Indian blanket on a pony G F Em Dm With no rider in the flesh and bone F C Lookin' for his Buffalo river home 🎸 Outro: F C F C Lookin' for his Buffalo river home F C F C

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Published: October 27, 2025
Last Updated: October 27, 2025