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Back Road Into Town easy guitar chords by 
The Staple Singers
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Verse 1
G
Gsus4
C
G
Em
G
Gsus4
C
I asked
G
Am
mama many times what kept papa so far behind
C
D
What in the world was holding
Dsus4
G
my daddy down
Am
Papa always dropped his head, but he seemed so afraid,
C
D
C
G
like he was carrying a heavy burden all the time.
Am
There was a man up in the big house, your papa was afraid to speak out,
C
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
G
the man kept my daddy's nose right on the ground.
Girl, your papa, was mighty good
Am
He was doin' the best he could
C
All his life he lived
Dsus4
G
just for you
Em
G
Twelve kids, he had a heavy load
C
He couldn't walk the front road
Am
D
G
On his face he always wore a frown
C
It was for you and the others too, he was trying to make it through,
Am
D
Dsus4
G
he had to take the back road into town
Am
Every year your papa would say, next year we're gonna move away,
C
G
I wanna take my children away from here
He said, I've almost lost my fear,
Am
I think I see my way clear
C
Am
I'm gonna take a stand
Dsus4
G
and be the man
But then the man would come
from the big house
Am
Daddy would always back out
C
An d then right up again
Dsus4
C
G
behind the plow
But 12 kids, had a heavy load
C
He couldn't walk the front of the road
Am
D
Dsus4
G
On his face he always wore a frown
It was for you and the others too
C
He was trying to make it through
Am
He had to take the back
C
G
Ab
road into town
When he finally made up his mind
Bbm
Your daddy had wasted too much time
Ab
Your papa just put it off a little too long
Cause all the years that papa was sleepin'
Bbm
All the time kept right on creepin'
C#
Till it was time for him to lay
Eb
Ebsus4
Ab
Bbm
his body down
Ab
He did it all against his will
Bbm
It got lost back in them fields
C#
Eb
My daddy never made
Ebsus4
Ab
it into town
Well, kids, had a heavy load
C#
He couldn't walk the front road
Bbm
On his face he al
Ebsus4
Ab
ways wore a crown
Fm
Ab
It was for you and the others, too
Fm
C#
He was tryin' to make it through
Bbm
Oh, but he had to take the
Eb
Ab
Bbm
back road into town
Ab
Fm
Ab
Oh, kids, yeah, oh, hell no
C#
He couldn't walk the front road
Bbm
Ebsus4
On his face he always
Ab
Bbm
wore a frown
Ab
It was for you and the others, too
C#
He was tryin' to make it through
Bbm
But he had to take the
Ebsus4
Ab
back road in this town
Bbm
Ab
Oh, 12 kids he had
He couldn't walk the front road
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