Key of C The riff below is played throughout the song over the C chord. You can actually play the riff while playing the C chord. All you have to do is take your index finger off the first fret, and use your pinky to play the notes on the 3rd fret. Riff: |----------------3-0--|-----------------3-0-| |--1--3--1-1-0-1------|---1--3--1-1-0-1-----| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| C C C C

On my ^Cway back home, by ^Gchance I thought of All my ^Cfavorite songs, ^Gwhere I'd gone wrong ^FThe only words that I could think of^C ^G ^FI'm pissing my life away in the form of a ^Csong^G On my way back ^Chome

C C

^CEvery step, a ^Gvictory it was I was ^Ccheating death, ^Gjust in time I woke ^FMy memories start to wander ^Coff ^G ^FCome to me, the remembrance ^Cof ^G On my way back ^Chome

C C C C C G C G F C G F C G C C C C

^CI came in this way and ^Ghere now I'll stay If the ^Cunknown have to ^Gwait one more day ^FThere's often times that it comes out ^Cwrong^G ^FBut luckily I, I got a mind to ^Cknow^G ^COn my way back home

Band of Horses - On my way back home