Back Home Again
John Denver

John Denver
Back Home Again
1974
As a tribute to John, I'm doing this song as my 150th
acoustic song.  It's been almost a year since I put up
my fingerpicking page, so I guess that means that I
average a song every 2.4 days.  Not too bad for a year.
I hope you enjoy this song; I plan to add it to my
repertoire.  Come see me play it!

Lyrics


INTRO:
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Here's the verse (play 2x per verse): ...storm across the valley clouds are rollin' in E A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------| B:-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------| G:---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---------|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---------| D:---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0---1---| E:-0---------------|-0-------2---4---|-----------------|-----------------| ...afternoon is heavy on your shoulders B E + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| B:-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| G:---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-| D:-----------------|-----------------|---------2-------|---------2-------| A:-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
The chorus goes like this (mostly strumming): Hey it's good to be back home again A B E + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0---------| B:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0---------| G:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-1---1-1---------| D:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---------| A:-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-2---4---| Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend A B E A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0---------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-| B:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-0---0-0---------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-| G:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-1---1-1---------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-| D:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2---------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-| A:-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-2---4---|-----------------| hey it's good to be back home again B A B E + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-2---2-2-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| B:-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| G:-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-| D:-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-|---------2-------|---------2-------| A:-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-2---2-2-|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
The bridge: Oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down A B E A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---| B:-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---| G:---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---------|---2---2---2---2-| D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A:-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------2---4---|-----------------| Feel your finger feather-soft upon me F#m B E + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------| B:-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------| G:---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---------| D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A:-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------2---4---| kisses that I live for the love that lights my way A B E A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---| B:-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---| G:---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---1---1---------|---2---2---2---2-| D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A:-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------2---4---|-----------------| happiness that living with you brings me F#m A B B/A B/G# B/F# + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---| G:---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---| D:-----------------|-----------------|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| A:-----------------|-0-------0-------|-2-------0-------|-----------------| E:-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-------2-------|
LYRICS:
play intro There's a storm across the valley clouds are rollin' in The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders There's a truck out on a 4-lane a mile or more away The whinin' of his wheels just makes it colder during second verse, add second guitar which strums chords He's an hour away from ridin' on your prayers up in the sky Ten days on the road are barely gone There's a fire softly burnin' supper's on the stove This light in your eyes it makes him warm
CHORUS Hey it's good to be back home again Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend Yes and hey it's good to be back home again
There's all the news to tell him how'd you spend your time What's the latest thing the neighbors say And your mother called last Friday sunshine made her cry You felt the baby move just yesterday
CHORUS
BRIDGE Oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down Feel your fingers feather-soft upon me The kisses that I live for the love that lights my way The happiness that living with you brings
It's the sweetest thing I know of just spendin' time with you It's the little things that make a house a home Like a fire softly burnin' and supper on the stove The light in your eyes that makes me warm
CHORUS 2x B A B E I said hey it's good to be back home again

Created on 2-14-98 by
Daniel E. Smith.