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Intro:
D G
Verse 1:
D G
Saw the world from up close, it ain't much to look at
Compared to you in your work clothes, waving hello from the driveway
D G
I can't make myself whole, most days I'd be lucky just to get half.
But you've seen me in places so low, you can recognize when it's real bad
D G
When it's real bad
Verse 2:
D
Used to hate the silence, used to make me think about the old days
G
And all the miles in my legs, the late flights and missed birthdays
D
Out here I can hear your heartbeat, I can hear the start of a long sigh
G
I can hear the song of the robin, I haven't wrote my own in a long time
Bm G
And it's just fine
Chorus:
D F#m G
'Cause I don't need my name back, throw my notebook in the basement
D F#m G
Oh, I love you, and I can't fake that for a moment
We go way back, we go way back
D F#m G
Tell me I don't need options, that I have substance, that I'm important
D F#m G
If it's only for letting dogs out, sweeping porches, then make me nothing
Post-Chorus:
Bm A G
Take me way back
Bm A D G
We go way back
Verse 3:
D
The little pebble marks on your car door, the sound of your feet on the gravel
G
Said, "I'm always tryin' to run from what I'm known for," baby, that's the thing about a shadow
D
I've never seen the rain fall so hard, honey, we're north of nowhere now
G
Heaven is a drink in the backyard
Bm
As we watch the storm touch down
G
And it's pourin' out
Chorus:
D F#m
And I don't need my name back
G
Throw my notebook in the basement
D F#m
Oh, I love you and I can't fake that
G
For a moment, we go way back, we go way back
D F#m
Tell me I don't need options
G
That I have substance, that I'm important
D F#m
If it's only for lettin' the dogs out
G
Sweepin' porches won't make me nothin'
Post-Chorus:
Bm A G
Take me way back
Bm A G
We go way back.
Outro:
Bm A G
Take me way, way back
Bm A G
We go way back.
Bm A G Bm A G
Ooh-hm
Bm A G Bm A G
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Published: April 24, 2026
Last Updated: April 24, 2026