D5  C5  G5 (x2)? 
 
   D5                                                  C5                G5 D5 
  Goin' down to Muscle Shoals  *  Where the swamp water rhythm 
                                                           C5              G5 D5 
  flows  *  Live the only way I know  *  I'm just a common man  *  Headed 
                                        C5               G5                 D5 
  down to Texas way  *  Where the honky tonk heroes play  *  Gonna find 
                                   C5                    G5 D5 
  that lost highway  *  That's where I'll make a stand  *  
 
Chorus: 
    D5                                        C5         G5             D5 
  Takin' the country back  *  It's high time we face the facts  *  Heart and 
                                                           C5 G5          D5 
  soul slippin' through the cracks  *  We're takin' the country back  *  
                                              C5              G5 D5 
  Takin' the country back  *  We're not sure just where it's at  *  We've 
                                                 C5 G5          D5 
  got to get it back on track  *  We're takin' the country back  *  
 
  (same chords as above) 

  Bright lights and limousines  *  Fame and fortune I have seen  *  Still 
 
  searchin' for that dream  *  It's callin' me back home  *  Down to earth 
 
  where the music's real  *  Singin' 'bout what the people feel  *  Timeless 
 
  truth, now that's the deal  *  We got to pass in on, y'all  *  (Chorus x 3) 
 
  (after 3 chorus) 
   D5         C5             G5                  D5   C5               G5 D5 
  We're takin' the country back  *  Takin' the country on back  *  
 
 
  Transcribed by: M. Lawrence - 9/24/98