Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: 
C majorC
Verse:
C majorC
She went back to Wichita
C majorC
She went back to her ma and pa
G+G
Reckon I saw her next to my truck
C majorC
Pumping gas with the car packed up.
C majorC
We talked as neighbors will
C majorC
There waiting for the tanks to fill
G+G
We talked about nothing, how it might snow
C majorC
How far she had to go.
Chorus:
F G
Going back where the grass grows tall
Am C F
And the fields burn in the fall
G
You can still hear the night birds call
C
Back in Wichita.
Verse:
C majorC
She came in '85
C majorC
Came here as a July bride
G
But it never got easy, never got rich
C
Ain't got much but what she came here with.
C majorC
Good times have all been spent
C majorC
She ain't broke but she's badly bent
G
There's nothing she wants here, nothing that shines
C
She's made up her mind.
Chorus:
FF G+G
Going back where the grass grows tall
A minorAm C majorC FF
And the fields burn in the fall
G+G
You can still hear the night birds call
C majorC
Back in Wichita.
Instrumental:
C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
C C majorC G+G C majorC
FF G+G A minorAm C majorC FF
F FF FF G+G
C majorC
FF G+G
Going back where the grass grows tall
A minorAm C majorC FF
And the fields burn in the fall
G+G
You can still hear the night birds call
C majorC
Back in Wichita.
Bridge:
G+G
She says for all my time
F C
Well, I ain't got much to show
G+G
You can tell that man of mine and
FF G+G
anyone who wants to know
Chorus:
FF G+G
Going back where the grass grows tall
A minorAm C majorC FF
And the fields burn in the fall
G+G
You can still hear the night birds call
C majorC
Back in Wichita.
G+G
You can still hear the night birds call
C majorC
Back in Wichita.
Outro:
C F G C
