Butch Walker - Going backgoing home

I'm not ^Dhappy with my^Gself ^D/F#these ^Emdays^A I took the ^Dbest parts of the s^Gcript ^D/F#and I ^Emmade them all cli^Aches And this ^Dred bandanas ^Gsurely ^D/F#gonna ^Emfade^A Even ^Dthough it's the ^Gonly ^D/F#thing the ^Emfire didn't ^Atake

^GEverybody ^Asays you'll grown a ^Dlot from this ^Bmexperience ^G Baby B comes ^Ain after a ^Dwhile becomes a ^D7president ^G The best things get dis^Aguised sometimes but ^Bmall ^AI ^E/G#know is I ^Gfinally know the difference be^Atween going back and going home

There's a ^Dlady on my ^Gblock that ^D/F#has a ^Emkid^A As he s^Dwims in the a^Gbove ground ^D/F#pool ^Emshe seals up the ^Alid And he ^Dthinks it's kinda ^Gnormal ^D/F#that she ^Emhides^A All the ^Dcuts and all the ^Gbruises ^D/F# She says it's ^Emwarpaint for the ^Aeyes

She ^Gtells her son she ^Adid the best she ^Dcould as she buries ^BmDad ^G Maybe he'll grow u^Ap to be a ^Dman or like his ^D7father did ^GAs they leave the ^Adriveway for the ^Bmnor^Athern s^E/G#now They ^Gfinally know the difference be^Atween going back and going home

^DCut to a life Being born in '69 ^GLittle class suburb ^AEverythings fine ^DFondue parties My mom and my dad ^GDrinks being drunk And ^Afights being had I ^Dlost my virginity to a girl in my band She was ^Gfour years older she ^Amade me a man So ^Daddicted to sex Every chance that I got With who^Gever I wanted Un^Atil I got caught So I ^Dtook my penicillin and I took my band To a ^Gtown made of glitter girls and ^Acocaine friends Got ^Dhanded the dream by the age of eighteen Saw ^Gmore than most people that I ^Aknow had ever seen Played ^Devery bar drank till black and blue Did the ^Gmorning show bullshit And ^Awent to China too Where they ^Dleft us to die without a ticket to flee In ^Gsighting the riot we were ^Aonly 23 Packed it ^Dup started over just as fast as we can Selling ^Gtapes making merch in the b^Aack of a van Living ^Dhand-to-mouth for the next five years G (hold) Took up drinking wine, gave up drinking beer Signed a^Dnother big deal with a devil in a dress A ^Eone hit wonder I think, des^Acribes it best De^Dcided to burn out, then to fade away Went ^Eback to the van the ^Avery next day Picked it ^Dup made a living without any help Made a^Emazing friends if I ^Asaw so myself If ^Dliving like this at thirty-eight is a bore E(hold) Then come on God please give me thirty-eight more

And ^Geverybody ^Aknow's I've ^Dseen a lot Yea, I'm ex^Bmperienced ^G Makes you feel so ^Aold after a ^Dwhile Just like our ^D7last president ^G Everytime I ^Acome back in this ^Bmtown ^AI ^E/G#know G A(Hold) I finally know the difference between going back and going home Yea back and going home I do