It is played in Open D in the recording (DADF#AD) but you can
play regular chords in standard tuning too.
D G Bm
D |--------0--------0--------0--------|
A |--------0--------0--------2--------|
F#|--------0--------5--------0--------|
D |--------0--------0--------0--------|
A |--------0--------X--------2--------|
D |--------0--------5--------X--------|
Intro:
D G
D
Running through the fields
G
watching all the children as they pass
D
catching innocence
G
remembering the dreams that we had
we used to play
D
my mind is always running
G
facing towards our past
D
words that you mumble mean
G
we can't ever go back
Bm
and you say to me
G D
you have faith in me to be myself
Bm
you see change in me
G D
taking names of someone else
Bm G D
and I will notice myself
Bm G D
and see me older than I thought I was
[Chorus]
Bm
Don't bring me back
G D
don't bring me back in time
Bm
say you want to stay so
G
don't bring me back
D
don't bring me back
Bm
said that you wanted to
G D
put your hand in mine
hand in mine
Bm
don't bring me back
G D
don't bring me back in time
Bm
and you say to me
G D
you have faith in me to be myself
Bm
but you raised me
G D
with your own hands by yourself
(single strum)
Bm G D
and you saw me then for who I was
Bm G D
I am done playing in the mud
[Chorus]
Bm
Don't bring me back
G D
don't bring me back in time
Bm
say you want to stay so
G
don't bring me back
D
don't bring me back
Bm
said that you wanted to
G D
put your hand in mine
hand in mine
Bm
don't bring me back
G D
don't bring me back in time
(don't bring me back) x8