I was (F)sit tin’ on a wood en stool in a (C)bar be cue joint

in (G)Ten nes see

when this ol’ (F)boy walked in

and he (C)sat right down

next to (D7)me.

(D#dim7)I could (Em)tell he’d been through some (C7)hard times;

’cause there were (G7)tear stains on his (G7)old (C)shirt.

Then he (F)said, “You wan na know what you get when you (C7)play a coun try song back wards?”

“You get your house back, you get your dog back, you get your best y, friend Jack son back.

You get your truck back, you get your hair back, you get your first and sec ond jobs back;

your (C7)front porch swing, go in’ ding a ling a ling, your bling, bling, bling and a dia mond ring.

You get the (G)farm and the barn and the boat and the Har ley, that black old cat

named Char lie.

It (D)sounds a lit tle cra zy, a lit tle scat tered and ab surd,

but (G)that’s what

you get

when you play a coun try song

back wards.”

Well, (C)I

nev er heard

it

said

quite like that.

It (G)hit me in the face, ’cause

that’s

where

I’m at.

I (C)al

most

fell

flat

out on the floor.

He said, (D)“Wait a min ute,

that’s not all, there’s e ven more.

You get your

(C)We sat there and talked a bout

how it would be

if we could (D)just re wind it all and go back in T I

M E.

You get your (G)house back, you get your dog back you get your best y, friend Jack son back.

You get your truck back, you get your hair back, you get your first and sec ond jobs back; your (C7)front porch swing, go in’ ding a ling a ling, your bling, bling, bling and a dia mond ring.

Your get the (G)farm and the barn and the boat and the Har ley, that old black cat named Char lie.

Get your (G)mind back, you get your nerves back, you your your ach y, y heart son back.

You get your pride back, you get your life back, you get your first first sec real love back;

your (C7)big porch screen go in’ T a ling a V, your D V D and a wash in’ ma You get the (G)pond and the lawn, and the rake and the mow er, that old black cat named Char lie.

Get your you go back when life was slow er.

It (D)sounds a lit tle cra zy, a lit tle scat tered and ab surd,

but (G)that’s what you get when you play a coun try song back (G7)wards.