Takin' The Back Roads chords by Trini Lopez

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Verse 1
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 (A minor)  (E major)  (A minor)  (F major)  (E major) Getting used  (A minor) to
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slip (C major) ping in the slid (F major) ing
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Getting pretty  (A minor) good  (C major) at hid (F major) ing
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Proud  (A minor) to  say my time  (C major) is bit (F major) ing
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I'm a  (A minor) bird just soaring  (C major) 
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and glid (F major) ing  (A minor) 
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Takin' the back  (E minor) roads
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to  (A minor) escape from the  (E minor) law  (A minor) 
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Takin' the side  (E minor) roads,
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must  (A minor) get away from all  (E minor)  (D minor) 
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Ridin' the deep  (C major) ruts,
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 (D minor) get away from it all  (C major)  (A minor)  (D minor) 
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Takin' the short (C major) cuts,
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farewell  (A minor) baby doll  (E major) 
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Better give  (A minor) up tryin' to find  (F major) me
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I  (E major) am leavin'  (A minor) girls  (C major) like you behind  (F major) me
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Drown (A minor) in' thoughts that will  (C major) remind  (F major) me
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Not gonna let  (A minor) you find  (C major) and bind  (F major) me
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Cause  (A minor) I'm takin' the back  (E minor) roads
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To  (A minor) escape from the  (E minor) law
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 (A minor) Takin' the side  (E minor) roads,
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 (A minor) must get away from all  (E minor)  (D minor) 
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Ridin' the deep  (C major) ruts,
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get  (D minor) away from it all  (C major) 
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 (D minor) Takin' the short (C major) cuts,
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farewell  (A minor) baby doll  (E major) 
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Go and find  (A minor) another  (C major) lov (F major) er,
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dawn is breakin'  (A minor) 
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Got (C major) ta find cov (F major) er
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Cause the  (A minor) game, well,  (C major) it's all  (F major) over
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I don't  (A minor) dig your  (C major) kind of clover  (F major) 
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Cause  (A minor) I'm takin' the back  (E minor) roads, baby
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To  (A minor) escape from the  (E minor) law  (A minor) 
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Takin' the side  (E minor) roads
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Must  (A minor) get away from all  (E minor)  (D minor) 
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Ridin' the deep rut (C major) s
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 (D minor) Get away from it all  (C major)  (D minor) 
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Takin' the short (C major) cuts
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Farewell,  (A minor) baby doll
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 (E major) I said farewell, baby doll  (A minor) 
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Hey,  (F major) doll!
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 (E major) Ha  (E minor) -ha!  (A minor)  (C major) 
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Cause  (F major) I'm  (E major) takin' the bad  (A minor) roads
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Short roads, long  (F major) roads
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Side  (E major) roads,  (A minor) low roads
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Yeah,  (C major)  (F major) cause I'm  (E major) takin'
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the  (A minor) bad roads, baby
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I'm  (F major) tak (E major) ing that long  (A minor) road now
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Cause  (C major)  (F major) I'm  (E major) taking the  (A minor) bad roads
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Yeah, hey,  (F major) hey, hey, hey, now