Tim McGraw - Back when
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Tim McGraw
Back When
Bass Tab
Tuning: EADG
Tempo: 136 bpm
Key signature: G
Intro: 00:01
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A|---5---|-2-3-5g-|----5-|-7-5---|-7---|-7-5-3-|----3g--|
E|-3---3-|--------|------|-----5-|---5-|-------|--------|
Verse1: 00:15
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E|-3---3-|--------|------|-----5-|----5-|------|-----5----|
Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
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A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore
Bridge1: 00:43
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We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life
Chorus1: 00:56
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E|-3-----|--------|--------|--------|-----3g-|------3-|------3-|-5------|
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
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E|-3-----|--------|--------|--------|-----3g-|------3-|------3-|-5------|
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
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A|-3------|---3--5-|-5------|---5--7-|--3g-----|
E|---3/5g-|-5------|---5/8g-|-8------|---------|
I miss back when
I miss back when
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I miss back when
Verse2: 01:40
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I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
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E|-3---3-|--------|------|-----5-|----5-|------|-----5----|
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?
Bridge2: 02:07
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I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then
Chorus2: 02:21
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E|-3-----|--------|--------|--------|-----3g-|------3-|------3-|-5------|
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
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D|-------|---7----|--------|--5g----|--------|--5g----|--------|--------|
A|---2-3-|-5---5--|-575-3g-|------3-|-353----|--------|--5g----|---3-5--|
E|-3-----|--------|--------|--------|-----3g-|------3-|------3-|-5------|
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
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D|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
A|-3------|---3--5-|-5------|---5--7-|--3g-----|
E|---3/5g-|-5------|---5/8g-|-8------|---------|
I miss back when
I miss back when
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D|-------|--------|-7g-----|
A|---5---|-2-3-5g-|-----5--|
E|-3---3-|--------|--------|
I miss back when
Instrumental: 02:58
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D|-------|--------|-7g---|-7-----|------|-7g---|----------|
A|---5---|-2-3-5g-|----5-|---5---|-7----|----5-|-7-5----5-|
E|-3---3-|--------|------|-----5-|----5-|------|-----5----|
Bridge3: 03:10
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A|-7g----|-----5-|-7g---|-5------|
E|-----7-|-5g----|----7-|----3g--|
Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then
Chorus3: 03:23
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A|---2-3-|-5---5--|-575-3g-|------3-|-353----|--------|--5g----|---3-5--|
E|-3-----|--------|--------|--------|-----3g-|------3-|------3-|-5------|
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
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D|-------|---7----|--------|--5g----|--------|--5g----|--------|--------|
A|---2-3-|-5---5--|-575-3g-|------3-|-353----|--------|--5g----|---3-5--|
E|-3-----|--------|--------|--------|-----3g-|------3-|------3-|-5------|
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
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D|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
A|-3------|---3--5-|-5------|---5--7-|--3g-----|
E|---3/5g-|-5------|---5/8g-|-8------|---------|
I miss back when
I miss back when
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D|-------|--------|-7g-----|
A|---5---|-2-3-5g-|-----5--|
E|-3---3-|--------|--------|
I miss back when
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A|-3------|---3--5-|-5------|---5--7-|--3g-----|
E|---3/5g-|-5------|---5/8g-|-8------|---------|
I miss back when
I miss back when
Outro: 04:01
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A|---5---|-2-3-5g-|----5-|-7-5---|-7----|----5-|-7-5----7-|
E|-3---3-|--------|------|-----5-|----5-|------|-----5----|
I miss back when
End: 04:30
Tablature Legend ----------------
| S slap
| P pop
| x mute note
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| g grace note
| ~ vibrato
| ^ brush up
G scale (For ref)
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E|-3----------------||-3-----------------|