I'm Going Back Home chords by Nina Simone

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Verse 1
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I'm go (C major) ing back home  (F major) 
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 (C major) where I was born  (F major) 
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 (C major) First I planned to stay  (A minor)  (F major) but I
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 (G major) can't live this way
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I'm going back home  (C major) 
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where  (F major)  (G major) I  was born
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 (C major) 

Verse 2
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Try to  (G major)  (C major) understand I think
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this city's grand  (F major) 
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 (C major) But with all  (E major) it's charm  (A minor)  (F major) give
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me  (G major) the little country farm
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I'm going back  (C major) home where  (F major) 
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 (C major) I   (G major) was born
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 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 

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Verse 3

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now oh yeah

I tell you all about it I think

you ought to know

Tell you all about it why I want to go

Verse 4
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I miss the country  (A minor) preacher
and the house of prayer
I miss the bootlegger smelling in the air
Miss friendly faces and the country smiles
The crickets singing you can
hear it for miles

Verse 5
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Miss the rooster crow (C major) ing
at the break of dawn
Yes it all happens where I was born
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Miss the fried  (F major) chicken colored greens
Miss the hot biscuits and the lima beans
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 (D major) Miss the pray (G major) er meeting
where the people pray
With the drum beating till the break of day

Verse 6
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Gsus4 
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You can have  (G major) it  (Gsus4)  (G major) you can
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have it  (Gsus4) 
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You can have  (G major)  (Gsus4) it  (G major) 
you can have it
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You can have thy town  (C major) 
I won't be around
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This here life's too fast  (A minor) 
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 (F major) but 'll  (G major) never never last
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 (C major) I'm going back

Verse 7

home where I was born

I got to go home got to go home

Where the people are real people can feel

Got to go down got to go down

Verse 8
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Leave here  (C major) today on my
way so long so long
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Going back home  (F major) going back  (C major) home
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Got  (F major) to go  (C major) home got to go home
Got to go home got to go home
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 (D minor) Where  (G major) I   (C major) where  (G major) I  (Gsus4) 
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 (G major) was  (C major)  (Cdim)  (F minor) 
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 (C major) born