Butch Walker Going Back Going Home Sycamore Meadows 2009 Submitted by: [email protected] Key: D Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: D - xx0232 A - x02220 Bm - 244322 G - 320033 D7 - xx0212 E/G# - 476xxx D/F# - 2x023x E - 022100 Intro: D--G-D/F#-Em-A-- x2 Verse 1: D G D/F# Em A I'm not happy with myself these days D G I took the best parts of the script D/F# Em A and I made them all cliches D And this red bandanas G D/F# Em A surely gonna fade D G Even though it's the only D/F# Em A thing the fire didn't take Chorus 1: G A Everybody says you'll grown a D Bm lot from this experience G A D Baby B comes in after a while D7 becomes a president G A The best things get disguised Bm A E/G# sometimes but all I know is G I finally know the difference A between going back and going home Post Chorus: D--G-D/F#-Em-A-- x2 Verse 2: D G D/F# Em A There's a lady on my block that has a kid D G As he swims in the above ground D/F# Em A pool she seals up the lid D And he thinks it's kinda G D/F# Em A normal that she hides D G All the cuts and all the bruises D/F# Em A She says it's warpaint for the eyes Chorus 2: G A She tells her son she did the best D Bm she could as she buries Dad G A D Maybe he'll grow up to be a man D7 or like his father did G A As they leave the driveway Bm A E/G# for the northern snow G They finally know the difference A between going back and going home Post Chorus: D--G-D/F#-Em-A-- x2 Bridge: Rap part D Cut to a life Being born in '69 G Little class suburb A Everythings fine D Fondue parties My mom and my dad G Drinks being drunk A And fights being had D I lost my virginity to a girl in my band G A She was four years older she made me a man D So addicted to sex Every chance that I got G With whoever I wanted A Until I got caught D So I took my penicillin and I took my band G A To a town made of glitter girls and cocaine friends D Got handed the dream by the age of eighteen G A Saw more than most people that I know had ever seen D Played every bar drank till black and blue G Did the morning show bullshit A And went to China too D Where they left us to die without a ticket to flee G A In sighting the riot we were only 23 D Packed it up started over just as fast as we can G A Selling tapes making merch in the back of a van D Living hand-to-mouth for the next five years G (hold) Took up drinking wine, gave up drinking beer D Signed another big deal with a devil in a dress E A A one hit wonder I think, describes it best D Decided to burn out, then to fade away E A Went back to the van the very next day D Picked it up made a living without any help E A Made amazing friends if I saw so myself D If living like this at thirty-eight is a bore E(hold) Then come on God please give me thirty-eight more Chorus 3: G A D And everybody know's I've seen a lot Bm Yea, I'm experienced G A D Makes you feel so old after a while D7 Just like our last president G A Bm A E/G# Everytime I come back in this town I know G A(Hold) I finally know the difference between going back and going home Yea back and going home I do
