Chords with lyrics
Going Back To Big Sur:Johnny Rivers.
Album - Realization - #5 on BB Hot 200
on LIBERTY Records in 1968.
INTRO: Amaj7Amaj7 D MajorD Amaj7Amaj7 D MajorD
#1.
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It's a cold and rainy Friday night, city life's
E11E11 D MajorD
got me all uptight.
G+G GbmGbm G+G
My mind keeps wandering far away, vibrations tell
FF E minorEm
me it's time to leave L.A.
CHORUS:
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Going back to Big Sur..wish I could leave today.
A augmentedA DbDb GbmGbm
I want to walk beneath those Redwood trees..just
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA G+G
south of Monterey.
#2.
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A augmentedA little cabin, quiet and alone..no television and
B minorBm D MajorD
no telephone.
G+G GbmGbm G+G
Water trickling down this little stream..makes you
FF E MajorE E minorEm G+G
wonder, is it all just a dream?
CHORUS:
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Going back to Big Sur..this time, I might just stay.
A augmentedA DbDb GbmGbm B minorBm
Going back and straighten out my head..just south
E MajorE A augmentedA G+G
of Monterey.
BRIDGE:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 FF Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Friendly people all around, never try to put you down.
G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7 A augmentedA A minorAm
Makes you feel like someone new and they don't care
AbAb C majorC D MajorD G+G Eb MajorEb D MajorD
who you are or what you do.
#3.
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Guess I'll drive up highway one..dig the ocean, kiss
D MajorD
the setting sun.
G+G GbmGbm G+G
The stars dancing in the sky, sort of puts you on a
FF A augmentedA E minor 7Em7
natural high....
CHORUS:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Going back to Big Sur..this time, I might just stay.
A augmentedA DbDb GbmGbm B minorBm
Going back and straighten out my head..just south
E MajorE A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
of Monterey...(and that girl..)
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.