Beginning riff
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ORDER: I C INT1 V1 C INT1 V2 C INT2 B GS V3 FC1 FC2 O
[INTRO]
A | | | |
A | | | |
(full band)
A | | | |
A | | | |
[CHORUS]
Bm F#m E
I'm back a - gain
F#m E D
Yes, I'm back a - gain
Bm Bm/F# E
What did you see?
A
Where have you been?
[INTERLUDE 1]
( A ) | | | |
[VERSE 1]
A
Well, out on highway number 41
D
Where the land gets dry
A
And nothin but rocks and a long hot road,
D
Under hazy blue skies
A
Well there's a place I know where time goes slow
D
People don't stop there no more
A
And you can sit right down and watch the world
E A
Go rolling by your door.
[CHORUS]
Bm F#m E
I'm back a - gain
F#m E D
Yes, I'm back a - gain
Bm F#m E
What did you see?
A
Where have you been?
[INTERLUDE 1]
( A ) | | | |
[VERSE 2]
A
I worked on the land way out west
D
I've dug for diamonds and gold
A
In a fishing boat, down along the coast
D
But I couldn't get used to the cold
A
I've been to and from that old town
D
Ever since I was ten
A
But every place that I've found
A E A
Makes me wanna go back again (and I'm back)
[CHORUS]
Bm F#m E
I'm back a - gain
F#m E D
Yes, I'm back a - gain
Bm Bm/F# E
What did you see?
A
Where have you been?
[INTERLUDE 2] (half-time)
( A )
Where have I been?
A
Where have you been?
A | | | |
[BRIDGE]
A
Yeah, I'm back
Yeah, I'm back again
A
Yeah, I'm back
Yeah, I'm back again
[GUITAR SOLO]
A | | | |
| | | |
(back to full-time)
E | | D A | |
F#m | Bm | E | |
Bm F#m E | | F#m E D | |
Bm F#m E | |
(half-time)
A | |
[VERSE 3]
A
There was a time when I thought
D
there was nothing I couldn't take
A
So I packed my bags never to return
D
Gonna be the final break
A
I was doin O.K. but then one day
D
I came across a great north wind
A
Well, it picked me up and turned me around
E A
And blew me back again.
[FINAL CHORUS 1]
Bm F#m E
I'm back a - gain
F#m E D
Yes, I'm back a - gain
Bm Bm/F# E
What did you see?
A
Where have you been? (I guess I'm back)
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
Bm F#m E
I'm back a - gain
F#m E D
Yes, I'm back a - gain
Bm Bm/F# E
What did you see?
A
Where have you been?
[OUTRO]
( A )
Where have you been?
A
(Why don't you tell me where?)
What did you see?
A
(Where, where, where?)
A A
It's been a long time