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Your Backyard Burton Cummings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdT6f6foZEI [Intro] G [Verse 1]
I wrote you lGong love letters Mama, I sCent 'em on day by dGay I need you now even more than I did bDefore But as I'm lGookin' here's your daddy Comin' with a bCig ol' shotgun tGoo My lovin' situatDion lookin' mighty poorG C G
[Chorus 1]
So if you're rGeally wonderin' What I'm dCoin' in your backGyard I told you baby, I'd beat it home so Dsoon But if you're rGeally worried About what I'm Cdoin' in your backGyard Come out later, I'll sDhow you by the light of the mooGn. C G
[Verse 2]
I had some drGeams and fortunes ready Mama, CI got carried awGay And lookin' back even more than I did bDefore But as I'm kGeepin' creepin' hidin' and sleepin' There's your dCaddy with the shotgun tGoo My lovin' situatDion ain't nothin' but pooGr C G
[Chorus 2]
So if you're reaGlly worried 'Bout what I'm dCoin' in your backGyard I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so sDoon But if you're reGally worried About what I'm dCoin' in your backyGard C'mon out later, I'll showD you by the light of the mooGn C G
[Instrumental] [song goes up a tone for the rest of the song] A D A E A D A E A D A [Verse 3]
N.C.Baby thinkin' bout it RAeally might be wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin' Honey loDokin' in your backAyard You worry 'bout nothin', you got nothin' on your mind butE me But as I'm lAayin' on my back about Thinkin' bout summertime, geDttin' back all the wAay Everything I see, Ehoney remindin' meA D A
[Verse 4]
C'mon get your lovin' maAn C'mon and get him while he's hDot, get him on the rAun Baby hear you're lookin' but really too blind to sEee, ho hey Whatcha gonna think about a wAham-bam thank-you ma'am Where you gDoin' on the wildwood trAail Everything I see, hEoney remindin' mAe D A
[Chorus 3]
Baby might be thinkin' bout a-reAally livin' back Layin' back, staDndin' in your backAyard I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so Esoon If you're reAally wonderin' What I'm dDoin' in your backyAard C'mon out later babe, shEow you by the light of the mooAn D A
======================================== [Notes:] (Honky Tonk piano style is played throughout this song with the guitar playing power chords.) (Use this pattern for all the other power chords.) G e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|---------------------| A|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----| E|--3--3----3--3-------|