| G | C | |
| Standing on the corner with a nickel or | a dime |
| C | G | G/F# | Em | |
| There use to be | a rail car to ta | ke you down | the line |
| G | C | |
| Too much beer and whiskey to eve | r be employed |
| C | G | G/F# | Em | |
| And when I got to Na | shville, it was too much soldie | rs joy |
| G | C | |
| Wasted on the wayside, was | ted on the way |
| C | G | G/F# | Em | |
| If I don't | go tomorrow, you know I'm gone | today |
| G | C | |
| Back babe, back in | time |
| G | Em | |
| I wanna go back wh | en you were mine |
| G | C | |
| Back babe, back in | time |
| Em | D | G | |
| I wanna go back w | hen y | ou were mine |
| Bm | C | |
| Black highway all night | ride |
| Em | D | C | |
| Watching the times fa | ll away t | o the side |
| Bm | C | |
| Clear channel way down low |
| Em | D | C | |
| Is comin' in loud | and m | y mind let go |
| G | C | |
| Peaches in the summertime, apples in the fall |
| C | G | G/F# | Em | |
| If I can't have yo | u all the time, I won't have none a | t all |
| G | C | |
| Oh, I wish I was in Frisco in a brand ne | w pair of shoes |
| C | G | G/F# | Em | |
| I'm sittin' here | in Nashville with Norman's Nashvil | le blues |
| G | C | |
| So | come all you good time rounders listenin' to my sound |
| C | G | G/F# | Em | |
| And then drink a round to Nashville for | they tear it down |
| G | C | |
| Back babe, back in time |
| G | Em | |
| I wanna go back wh | en you were mine |
| G | C | |
| Back babe, back in time |
| Em | D | G | |
| I wanna go back whe | n you w | ere mine |
| Bm | C | |
| Hard weather, drivin' slow |
| Em | D | C | |
| Buggies and the hats in to | wn fo | r the show |
| Bm | C | |
| Oh darlin, the songs they played |
| Em | D | C | |
| All I got left | of | lovin' me |
| G | C | |
| Back babe, back in time |
| G | Em | |
| I wanna go back whe | n you were mine |
| G | C | |
| Back babe, back in time |
| Em | D | G | |
| I wanna go back whe | n yo | u were mine |
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