Way Back Home
Bob Crosby (1935)

Fm6:        x8676x
E7sus2:     x7977x
Eb7sus2:    x6866x
Eb7sus2/Bb: 6x866x
Eb6add9no5: x6556x

e|-6--8-6---------6-----------6--9-6-9-6--9--6-9--6-
B|--------7-6--4-----4--4-7---6--7-6-7-6--7--6-7--6-
G|-3--5-3---------3-----------7--8-7-8-7--8--7-8--7-
D|--------4-3--1-----1--1-4-------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------

    Eb            Eb/Bb         Fm6           Bb7
The roads are the dustiest, the winds are the gustiest
    Eb7                [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch]   Ab7          Ab7
The gates are the rustiest, the pies are the crustiest
Eb            Eb/Bb    Fm6              Bb7
The songs the lustiest, the friends the trustiest
Eb  Edim7 Fm6        Bb7
Way back  home (Back home)

    Eb            Eb/Bb         Fm6          Bb7
The trees are the sappiest, the days are the nappiest
    Eb7          [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch]        Ab7          Ab7
The dogs are the yappiest, the kids are the scrappiest
Eb            Eb/Bb     Fm6            Bb7
The jokes the snappiest, the folks the happiest
Eb  Bb7  Eb
Way  back home

Eb         Gbm            Fm     Bb7
Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb       Gbm     Fm   Bb7
I really must confess
G           Gb   
I'm a weary exile
F          Bb7     Cm   F7sus2 Bb7
Singing my song of lone-li-    ness

    Eb           Eb/Bb           Fm6          Bb7
The grass is the springiest, the bees are the stingiest
    Eb7           [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch]        Ab7           Ab7
The birds are the wingiest, the bells are the ringiest
     Eb                     Eb/Bb
(The hearts) the hearts the singiest
     Fm6                Bb7
(The arms) the arms the clingiest
Eb  Bb7  Eb
Way back home

e|-6-8-6-9-6---6------|
B|-----------9---9-7--|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

E7sus2          Eb                 Eb/Bb
(What about the sun) The sun's the blaziest
         Fm6                    Bb7
(And the fields) The fields the daisiest
         Eb7sus2            Eb7sus2/Bb
(And the cows) The cows the graziest
         Ab7                  Ab7
(And the help) The help's the laziest
    Eb            Eb/Bb 
The boys (are the wittiest)
    Fm6            Bb7
The girls (are the prettiest)
Eb  Fm6  Bb7
Way back home

     Eb           Eb/Bb          Fm6          Bb7
(The pigs are the snootiest, the owls are the hootiest)
Eb7sus2         Eb7sus2/Bb  Ab7          Ab7    
 The plants the fruitiest, the stars the shootiest
     Eb        Eb/Bb      Fm6            Bb7
(The grins the funniest), the smiles the sunniest
Eb  Bb7  Eb
Way back home

Eb         Gbm            Fm     Bb7
Don't know why I left the homestead
Eb       Gbm     Fm   Bb7
I really must confess
G           Gb   
I'm a weary exile
F          Bb7     Cm   F7sus2 Bb7
Singing my song of lone-li-    ness

    Eb          Eb/Bb           Fm6         Bb7
The food is the spreadiest, the wine is the headiest
    Eb7          [ch]Eb7/Bb[/ch]        Ab7          Ab7
The pals are the readiest, the gals are the steadiest
Eb            Eb/Bb    Fm6           Bb7
The love the liveliest, the life the loveliest
Eb   Bb7  Eb   Bb7  Eb   Bb7 Eb
Way back, way back, way back home
    Fm7       (Gm7)  Bb7   Eb6add9no5
(No place like home) sweet home

E|-9-6-
B|-9-8-
G|-9-8-
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A|-----
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