Key: A minor
Verse 1
G#m
E
B
E
B
C#
I know
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F#
you've heard a lot of stories,
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B
G#m
but I'd like to tell you this one.
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C#m
B
G#m
It happened some years ago, in a very small place,
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C#m
F#
where we was con sidered.
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G#m
In a little country town,
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C#m
I was born and raised.
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G#m
Right next door is where she lived,
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F#
B
I was young,
G#m
E
but my love grew for her more each day
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B
G#m
But her folks, did not understand,
C#m
G#m
Locked in the back between
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B
And although it stood between us,
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G#m
I prayed of all the day would come
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when I'd have her by my side
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B
There would be no fence between us
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G#m
I just wanna testify
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B
I was a back yard lovin' man
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B
Oh, I remember
G#m
E
I remember
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The years have passed
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E
We've grown up from this old town
She's moved
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F#
B
G#m
Now I'm still tryin' to make it
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F#
B
G#m
I miss that little country girl
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F#
B
G#m
But if we were seen together now
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G#m
Even though she's in
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B
She still can't erase the love she had
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F#
For her backyard lovin' man
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E
We have to slip away
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It's so plain to see there's
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F#
Standin' in our way
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G#m
F#
And I wanna tell you all I'm still
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B
her backyard lovin' man
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F#
I just wanna testi fy I'm still her
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B
G#m
backyard lovin' man
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C#m
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G#m
E
Oh, oh, I remember
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F#
G#m
When we were young we talked of love
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Through cracks between the fence
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B
And that barrier between our love
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Has been there ever since
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G#m
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E
I want to tell you all that I'm a bad
God -loving man
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G#m
F#
E
I just want to testify I'm still a bad
Together we will have our way
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F#
And we won't care what people say
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G#m
F#
E
And I want to testify that I'm a bad
God -loving man
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G#m
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E
I just want to testify that I'm a bad
God -loving man
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G#m
I just wanna tell the world that
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B
I'm a backyard lovin' man
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F#
I just wanna tell the world that
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B
I'm a backyard lovin' man
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I just wanna tell you that
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