Dion : Your Own Back Yard ( 1970 ) Chords

[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've been sitting here thinking about when I started in drinking
I went on the dope, surely to change [E] my life
_ I cried a tear in a beer for me
I lost everything near and dear to me
Namely my children [F#] and [B] my wife
_ _ I had my idea of having a good time
_ Sitting with my head [D#m] between [E] the knees
_ _ I knew everything there was to know
Everything except which way to go
I cried, oh God, take me will you [B] please
_ Yeah, many a time I swore up and down
I didn't need any of this junk that was [E] going round
I can quit, let me finish what I got
After all this stuff sure costs a lot
Then I'll get my feet [B] back on the ground
_ _ [E] Oh, I can't tell nobody how to live their [B] life
_ [E] Even though inside we're all [B] the same
_ [E] All those things, the toys I was [B] playing with
You [C#] know we're all losers [F#] in that game
_ _ Now _ _ [B] since I've been straight I haven't been in my puffs
I'm not shooting downs, I'm not [E] using ups
_ You know I'm still as crazy as you
Even though I don't run out and cop a spoon
But thank the good Lord God [B] I've had enough
_ [E] Now I've got a friend, there's a name, there's [B] a rich and grand
_ _ [E] Says you don't need to be [B] stoned to grow a friend
_ [E] Believe me you're all beautiful people just [B] the way you are
Tell [C#] me what has that stuff done for [F#] you so far
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I've been sitting here thinking
Been winking, I've been thinking
I don't have to sit around no [E] more on the north
With my nose in the air cause you know
I can do anything that I want to do
I do it straight, I do it so much better too
And it's got to start right [B] in your own backyard
_ [E] I said it's got to start right in [B] your own backyard
You [E] know everybody has their own [B] beautiful backyard
_ [E] You might have more wealth in your [B] own backyard
_ [E] In _ _ [B] your own backyard
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