The Back Roads And The Back Row Written by Cole Swindell, Michael Carter & Tom Shapiro Recorded by Cole Swindell (Capo on 1) **For the D and A chords at the beginning of each verse, do a hammer-on on the first string, second fret. Then strum it again, do a pull-off, and strum it again. Also do this in the intro. Intro.: |(D) |(D) |(D) |(G) | (Verse 1) (D)Moon comin' through the pines, (A)crankin' up a country song (Bm)Heaven right by your side and a (G)Saturday night barely hangin' on Sun (D)shinin' through the stain glass, (A)comin' just as I am (Bm)Prayin' that feelin' would (A)last, that feelin' that (G)saves you makes you wanna (A)raise your hands (Chorus) (D)That's the way it was, (A)that's the way it is When your (Bm)growin' up in the (F#m)mud and the blood the (G)way we did (A) It (D)got me where I am, and (A)where I'm gonna go We learned (Bm)all about believin' and (F#m)everything we were (G)ever gonna need to know Somewhere between the (Em) back roads (A) and the back row (D) (G) (Verse 2) I (D)had my first taste of beer, my first (A)taste of a broken heart There were (Bm)good times, there were tears, but every (G)red dirt memory (A) left a mark Like the (D)words written there in red like the (A)streets that are made of gold Where we (Bm)always bowed our (A)heads, where mamma (G)saved our seats and (A)Jesus saved our souls (Chorus) (D)That's the way it was, (A)that's the way it is When your (Bm)growin' up in the (A)mud and the blood the (G)way we did (A) It (D)got me where I am, and (A)where I'm gonna go We learned (Bm)all about believin' and (F#m)everything we were (G)ever gonna need to know Somewhere between the (Em) back roads (A) and the back (D)row Solo: / / / |(A) |(Bm) |(G) / / (Chorus) It (D)got me where I am, and (A)where I'm gonna go We learned (Bm)all about believin' and (F#m)everything we were (G)ever gonna need to know Somewhere between the(Em) back roads (A) and the back row (Bm) (A) Somewhere between the (Em)back roads (A) and the back row (D) (A)yeah, somewhere out there, (Bm) between the (G)back roads and the back (D) row Outro.: |(D) |(A) |(Bm) |(G) ----- (D)
