The Fastest Way Back Home chords by Frank Turner

by Frank Turner from Poetry Of The Deed


e--3--3-----------------0-----------|
b--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
g--0--0-2-0-2-4-2-0--0--2-0-2-4-2-0-|repeat (this is how i play the intro,
d--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--0-0-0-0-0-0-|        not sure how frank does)
a--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3--------------|
e--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|

verse
   G
I should have seen you were coming, I should have been prepared.

                   D
After all, getting half of what you wish for isn't so rare.

   G
But still I wasn't ready, you took my by surprise,

              G
you brought a light to my dark like a word from the wise


chorus
D
Weather wears the mountains right down into the sea,

   C
so I will stand in the rain until I am clean


   (play this on the second time through on the second chorus)

D
Rivers carve the country, a landscape shaped by a stream,

   C
so I will swim in the river as long as you need.


   G
We fell in love in the summer, when the skies were clear,

     G
but I'm still wearing my coat from winter last year

   G
I need to set my house in order, confess and cover my sins.

          G
I need to make a home for you before inviting you in


back to chorus x2

D
 G/Gb
   Darling oh my darling you know that everything that I do

      G
is to try and make me good enough for you

   D
 G/b
Darling oh my darling you know that everywhere that I go,

          G
I'm just trying to find the fastest way back home.

("back home.....")
breakdown bit
    D
x2

   D
 G/Gb
Darling oh my darling you know that everywhere that I go,

          G