Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
I'll take the backroads home through the open country s ide.
Letting things slip by.......in drawn out time... I'll
take the long way home on the backroads of this li fe
..taking time to see what goes by.
Chorus
Coming and going, there's no dividing line. W hat you're
headed for, someone's left behind.....And the sh ortest road
ain't always the best. Sometimes let a backroad take you h ome
Verse 2
A back road is so easy, it just rambles on and o n.
Take it or leave it,....as rolls along.
Drifts through things it cannot change, a nd doesn't
even try. Wouldn't that be something for you and I.
Chorus
Coming and going, there's no dividing line. W hat you're
headed for, someone's left behind.....And the sh ortest road
ain't always the best. Sometimes let a backroad take you h ome
Verse 3
Anyplace you're bound, you'll get there someday.
You're the one who chooses...what you see along the w ay.
And when the heartaches seem too much for you to b ear.
There's a back road winding everywhere.
Chorus
Coming and going, there's no dividing line. W hat you're
headed for, someone's left behind.....And the sh ortest road
ain't always the best. Sometimes let a backroad take you h ome