CHORDS: Jimmy Clifton – Back To The Dirt Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Back To The Dirt chords by Jimmy Clifton on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C  G/B Am  G  F  Gsus4
C  G/B Am7 Gsus4  F  G

[Verse]
 C   G/B     Am7
Full tank of gas say
  G      F       G
"how ya doing?"
        C    G/B
To the man across the
Am7      Gsus4
pump then off to
 F        Gsus4
cruising
Well this ain't
    C
supposed
   G/B   Am7
to be a country
 Gsus4
 song
       F
Ain't made
   Gsus4
for ya to
 G
sing along
             C
But it's my motto
G/B    Am7  Gsus4
for a drive back
    F
home

[Chorus]
 G           C
Back to the dirt
     G/B
Back to the
Am7 Gsus4  F
Carolina  border
 G          C
Back to my honey
G/B       Am7
Lord knows I could
Gsus4   F
 not afford her
 G          C
Back to my car that
 G/B   Am7
barely runs
Gsus4     F
  To the rack of
       G
fifty guns
               C
Back to where Jesus
 G/B     Am7
saved me then
    Gsus4      F
For what it's worth
 G
Back to the
 C  G/B Am Gsus4
dirt
F G Gsus4 C

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[Verse]
        Am7
Purple pansies
Gsus4
and the
 F     Gsus4
pollen
          C
Well the spring
 G/B      Am7
turns to summer
Gsus4  F
And I hear you a
 G
calling
          C
"Oh it's supper
G/B     Am7
time my boy
Gsus4    F
Chicken and greens
          G
you'll enjoy!"
         C
Girl, I love to
G/B
hear you
Am7   Gsus4
talk about your
 F   G
day

[Chorus]
 G           C
Back to the dirt
     G/B
Back to the
Am7 Gsus4
Carolina
 F
border
 G          C
Back to my honey
G/B       Am7
Lord knows I could
Gsus4   F
 not afford her
 G          C
Back to my car that
 G/B   Am7
barely runs
Gsus4     F
  To the rack of
       G
fifty guns
               C
Back to where Jesus
 G/B     Am7
saved me then
    Gsus4      F
For what it's worth
 G          C   G/B
Back to my dirt
 Am  Gsus4  F  G

[Break]
Oh I've been
 F
traveling around
         G
But the one thing
that I found is
 C       Em7
There is no place
 Am
finer
       F
Oh my home is North
     G   G
Carolina

[Instrument]
(Whistle)
C  G/B Am G  F Gsus4
C  G/B Am7 Gsus4 F Gsus4

[Chorus]
Gsus4        C
Back to the dirt
     G/B
Back to the
Am  Gsus4  F
Carolina  border
 G          C
Back to my honey
G/B       Am7
Lord knows I could
Gsus4   F       G
 not afford her
 G          C
Back to my car that
G/B     Am
barely runs
Gsus4     F
  To the rack of
 C     G
fifty guns
Back to where
 C
Jesus
 G/B      Am
saved me then
    Gsus4      F
For what it's worth
 G
Back to the
 C   G/B  Am G F G
dirt
 G
Back to the
 C   G/B  Am  G F G
diiiiiiiiiirt

[Outro]
                 C
Back to the dirt