Back Where I Come From Tab by
Kenny Chesney
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Key: G major

Intro 1

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

G

G

G

Verse 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
Well, in the town where I was raised
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
The clock ticks and the      cattle graze
G G 
 
D D 
 
Time passed with a  mazing grace
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where I come from
G G 
 
D D 
 
You can lie on a  riverbank
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Or paint your name on a        water tank
G G 
 
D D 
 
Or miscount all the beers you drank
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where I come from

Chorus 1
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where    I come from
G G 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
Where I’ll be when it's said and   done
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
And I'm proud as       anyone
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
That's where I  come from

Interlude 1

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------7----|-7--9------------------------5h7--| A|-------------------5-5---9--------|-------------------3-3---7--------| E|-3--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-5---------------------------7----|-7--9------------------------5h7--| A|-------------------5-5---9--------|-------------------3-3---7--------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Verse 2
G G 
 
D D 
 
   We learned in the                 Sunday school
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-5--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
   1       2       3       4
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Who made the sun      shine through
G G 
 
D D 
 
I know who made the moonshine, too
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where I come from
G G 
 
D D 
 
Blue eyes on a  Saturday night
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Tanned legs in the      broad daylight
G G 
 
D D 
 
TVs, they were black and white
Bm7 Bm7 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where I come     from

Chorus 2
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where    I come from
G G 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
Where I’ll be when it's said and   done
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
And I'm proud as       anyone
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
That's where I  come from

Interlude 2

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------7----|-7--9----9-------------------5h7--| A|-------------------5-5---9--------|-------------------3-3---7--------| E|-3--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-5---------------------------7----|-7--9-----------------------------| A|-------------------5-5---9--------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Verse 3

G

D

Some say it's a backward place

Bm7

Cadd9

Narrow minds on a narrow wage

G

D

But I make it a point to say

Bm7

Cadd9

That's where I come from

Chorus 3
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
That's where    I come from
G G 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
Where I’ll be when it's said and   done
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
And I'm proud as       anyone
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
That's where I  come from
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Back where    I come from
G G 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
I'm an old Tennessean
C C 
 
D D 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
(And I'm proud) And I'm proud as       anyone
G/B G/B 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
That's where I  come from

Outro 1

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------7----|-7--9------------------------5h7--| A|-------------------5-5---9--------|-------------------3-3---7--------| E|-3--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

G

D

Bm7

Cadd9

That's where I come from/

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-5---------------------------7----|-7--9-----------------------------| A|-------------------5-5---9--------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

[Repeat and fade]

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