Back Home Tab by Owl City

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Cadd9 x32033
G     320033
D     xx0232
Em    022033


 Intro:

C#|------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
G#|---------3--------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3----------------|
E |----0-------0---0-|---0-----0---0-|---0-----0---0-|---0-----0---0----------|
B |------0-------0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0------------|
F#|------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
C#|--3---------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3----------------------|
                                                                   I'm saying

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 Chorus 1:

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
     goodbye to the   skyline,        Hello to the sweet pines,         Gonna

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
    see you later    street lights,   I'm headed back to tree lines,       To

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
    free time and     starry nights,   To bonfires and   fire flies,     Pack your

     Cadd9            G                D
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----2------------------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|--0---0----------------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
   bags it's time to go,       Cause   we got brighter lights           back home.


 Transition:

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|

     Cadd9            G                D
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----2-----2---2--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
                                                                      I've got

Verse 1:

     Cadd9                             G
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|-----2------0---|------0-----0---|------0-----0----------|
F#|--3--------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|----------------|--3-------------|--3--------------------|
     a       -       ching             feet,                       From walking

    D                                  Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|--------3--------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |----2-----0---0--|----2-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |--0---0-----2----|--0---0-----2---|------2-----2---|------2-----2----------|
F#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|----------------|--0-------------|--0--------------------|
                       over             miles of concrete,          And I can't

     Cadd9                             G
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|-----2------0---|------0-----0---|------0-----0----------|
F#|--3--------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|----------------|--3-------------|--3--------------------|
    wa         -          it      to   dream,                       But the city

    D                                  Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|--------3--------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |----2-----0---0--|----2-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |--0---0-----2----|--0---0-----2---|------2-----2---|------2-----2----------|
F#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|----------------|--0-------------|--0--------------------|
                     you know she      won't go to sleep,    So I'm saying


Chorus 2:

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
     goodbye to the   skyline,        Hello to the sweet pines,         Gonna

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
    see you later    street lights,   I'm headed back to tree lines,      To

     Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
    free time and    starry nights,   To bonfires and   fire flies,     Pack your

     Cadd9            G                D
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----2-----2---2--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
   bags it's time to go,                         Cause   we got brighter lights

    D                 Cadd9            G                D
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|--------3--------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |----2-----2---2--|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2--------|
B |--0---0-----0----|------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------|
F#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|----------------|--3-------------|-----------------------|
        back home,                              Yeah,  we've got brither lights,   Back

Verse 2:

     Cadd9                   G                D                             Em
C#|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3--------------|--------3-------|--------3--------------------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0--------|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2--------------|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0----------|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------------|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3---------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
C#|------------------------|--3-------------|-----------------------------|--0--------------------|
   home there's a girl named  Mary Lou,    A   diner off the highway with a  corner booth,

     Cadd9                   G                D
C#|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3--------------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0--------|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2--------|----2-----2---2--------|
B |-------2-----0----------|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------|--0---0-----0----------|
F#|--3---------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
C#|------------------------|--3-------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
    every gravel road is a   trip down memory lane.                                   Back

     Cadd9                   G                D                             Em
C#|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3--------------|--------3-------|--------3--------------------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0--------|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2--------------|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0----------|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------------|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3---------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
C#|------------------------|--3-------------|-----------------------------|--0--------------------|
   home where the corn grows ten feet tall,   Every year's measured on the   pantry wall,    The

     Cadd9                         G                D
C#|------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3--------------------|--------3-------|--------3-----------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0--------------|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-----|----2-----2---2--------|
B |-------2-----0----------------|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0-------|--0---0-----0----------|
F#|--3---------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
C#|------------------------------|--3-------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
    willow trees are waving 'til we come back home again.                                   I'm saying


Chorus 3:

    Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
    goodbye to the   skyline,        Hello to the sweet pines,         Gonna

    Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
   see you later    street lights,   I'm headed back to tree lines,       To

    Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
   free time and     starry nights,   To bonfires and   fire flies,     Pack your

    Cadd9            G                D                 Cadd9
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----0----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|--3--------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
     bags it's time to go,                    Pack your  bags it's time to

  G                   D                                 No chord
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|--------3--------|--------3-------|--------3-------|-----------------------|
E |----0-----0---0--|----2-----2---2-|----2-----2---2-|-----------------------|
B |------0-----0----|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|-----------------------|
F#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
     go                                                           I'm saying

Chorus 4:

    Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
    goodbye to the   skyline,        Hello to the sweet pines,         Gonna

    Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
   see you later    street lights,   I'm headed back to tree lines,        To

    Cadd9            G                D                Em
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----2----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|--0--------------------|
   free time and     starry nights,   To bonfires and   fire flies,     Pack your

    Cadd9            G                D                 Cadd9
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|---------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |-----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----2-----2---2-|----0-----0---0--------|
B |-------2-----0---|------0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|------2-----0----------|
F#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|--3--------------------|
C#|-----------------|--3-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
     bags it's time to go,                    Pack your  bags it's time to

  G                   D
C#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G#|--------3--------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3--------------|
E |----0-----0---0--|----2-----2---2-|----2-----2---2-|----2-----2---2--------|
B |------0-----0----|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-----0----------|
F#|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
C#|--3--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
     go                                                                'Cause

    D                                  G
C#|-----------------|----------------|--3-------------|-------------------|
G#|--------3--------|--------3-------|--3-------------|-------------------|
E |----2-----2---2--|----2-----------|--0-------------|-------------------|
B |--0---0-----0----|--0---0---------|--0-------------|-------------------|
F#|-----------------|----------------|--2-------------|-------------------|
C#|-----------------|----------------|--3-------------|-------------------|

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