Way Back Home Chords & Lyrics by Bob Crosby

Way Back Home

guitar chords lyrics

Bob Crosby

Way Back Home
Bob Crosby (1935)

Fm6: x8676x
E7sus2: x7977x
Eb7sus2: x6866x
Eb7sus2/Bb: 6x866x
Eb6add9no5: x6556x

e|-6--8-6---------6-----------6--9-6-9-6--9--6-9--6-

B|--------7-6--4-----4--4-7---6--7-6-7-6--7--6-7--6-
G|-3--5-3---------3-----------7--8-7-8-7--8--7-8--7-
D|--------4-3--1-----1--1-4-------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------

Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The roads are the dustiest, the winds are the gustiest
Eb7 [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch] Ab7 Ab7
The gates are the rustiest, the pies are the crustiest
Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The songs the lustiest, the friends the trustiest
Eb Edim7 Fm6 Bb7
Way back home (Back home)

Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The trees are the sappiest, the days are the nappiest
Eb7 [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch] Ab7 Ab7
The dogs are the yappiest, the kids are the scrappiest
Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The jokes the snappiest, the folks the happiest
Eb Bb7 Eb
Way back home

Eb Gbm Fm Bb7
Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb Gbm Fm Bb7
I really must confess
G Gb
I'm a weary exile
F Bb7 Cm F7sus2 Bb7
Singing my song of lone-li- ness

Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The grass is the springiest, the bees are the stingiest
Eb7 [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch] Ab7 Ab7
The birds are the wingiest, the bells are the ringiest
Eb Eb/Bb
(The hearts) the hearts the singiest
Fm6 Bb7
(The arms) the arms the clingiest
Eb Bb7 Eb
Way back home

e|-6-8-6-9-6---6------|
B|-----------9---9-7--|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

E7sus2 Eb Eb/Bb
(What about the sun) The sun's the blaziest
Fm6 Bb7
(And the fields) The fields the daisiest
Eb7sus2 Eb7sus2/Bb
(And the cows) The cows the graziest
Ab7 Ab7
(And the help) The help's the laziest
Eb Eb/Bb
The boys (are the wittiest)
Fm6 Bb7
The girls (are the prettiest)
Eb Fm6 Bb7
Way back home

Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
(The pigs are the snootiest, the owls are the hootiest)
Eb7sus2 Eb7sus2/Bb Ab7 Ab7
The plants the fruitiest, the stars the shootiest
Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
(The grins the funniest), the smiles the sunniest
Eb Bb7 Eb
Way back home

Eb Gbm Fm Bb7
Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb Gbm Fm Bb7
I really must confess
G Gb
I'm a weary exile
F Bb7 Cm F7sus2 Bb7
Singing my song of lone-li- ness

Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The food is the spreadiest, the wine is the headiest
Eb7 [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch] Ab7 Ab7
The pals are the readiest, the gals are the steadiest
Eb Eb/Bb Fm6 Bb7
The love the liveliest, the life the loveliest
Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Eb Bb7 Eb
Way back, way back, way back home
Fm7 (Gm7) Bb7 Eb6add9no5
(No place like home) sweet home

E|-9-6-
B|-9-8-
G|-9-8-
D|-----
A|-----
E|-----