These are Back 40 Back chords by Luke Combs on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[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
[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
[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