My Back Door Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

G C G D

C7MWhen I was a child I dreamed like a child of wonder G

 with my bacCk to the grass my eyes to the sky to see G

F C

 I believed in the stars I knGew they cast a spell that I was under

FWith my fingers in the dirt, I was part of the eCarth

 Every living thinDg was part of me

 But itG's gone

 It's Dgone

 It's Emgone

 iCmt's gone

GI can't feel it C I can't feel it Must have gone away G

C G

 out my back door mDust have gone away out my back door

C G D

 because it'sC gone

Em So I run into the street C

EmAnd I'm shouting into the phone asking everyone I meet C

Em C

I say "Have you seen it on my doorstep did you see it in my car?

Have you seen it in the alley? Was it on the back of some guitar?

Is it sleeping in the hallway? Does it cry all night alone?

 Is it selling itself for money? Does it want- does it want to come home? D

CI can't let it run away oGut my back door can't leCt it run away out my backG

Cdoor Lord, if I look out theGre, if I look out thereC, every day

I can't let it run away , I can't let it run away, I can't let it run

away

Oh if I look out there every day