[Intro] Em D Em D C Em D C Wo o o [Verse 1] Em D C For sale by owner sign Em D on Highway fifty-nine Em D A signal of the times, C Em D a turning of the page Em D C There used to be nothing here, Em D but that nothing disappeared D Em The pond, the barn, the farm, D C the fields have long since Em D been replaced C Asphalt parking where that Am Em ten pew Pentecostal stood C Fast food, four lanes, Am Em and a subdivided neighborhood
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[Chorus] G The walls of the world Em are closin’ in The spreadin’ city C spreads us thin G Till we can't seem to make Am Em D our ends meet in the black G I never would've thought Em it wouldn't last C A way of life that time moved past G Am What I wouldn't give to have Em G the back forty back [Instrument] Em D Em D C Em D C
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[Verse 2]
Em D C Em
Maybe I’m a sucker for knowing
D
who lives next door
Em
A view from my back porch,
C Em D
a pinch of peace and quiet
Em D
I can’t get back the used to
C Em D
be’s, so I hang on to the
D
memories
Em
Of when I could still look up
C
and see the stars not
Em D
street lights shining
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[Chorus] G The walls of the world Em are closin’ in C The spreadin’ city spreads us thin G Till we can't seem to make Am Em D our ends meet in the black G I never would've thought Em it wouldn't last C A way of life that time moved past G Am What I wouldn't give to have Em G the back forty back [Post-Chorus] G Now, I get that progress Em has its place C And no regard for what it takes G Wish it would slow its pace, Am Em D and cut us all some slack G ‘Cause it’s all changing Em way too fast A way of life that time C moved past G Am What I wouldn't give to have Em G the back forty back [Outro] D C Em D C Em D C
