Chords for Dion - Your Own Backyard

Tempo:
74.975 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

A#

C#

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dion - Your Own Backyard chords
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[B]
I've been sitting here thinking about when I started 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 [A#] and my [B] wife.
I had my idea of having a good time, sitting with my head between the [E]
knees.
I knew everything there was to know, everything except which way to go.
I cried, oh God, take me, [B] will you please?
Yeah, many a time I swore up and down, I didn't need any of this junk that was going [E] round.
I can quit, let me finish what I got.
After all this stuff sure costs a lot, then I'll get my feet back [B] on the ground.
[E] Oh, I can't tell nobody how to [B] live their life, [E] even though inside we're [B] all the same.
[E] All those things, the toys I was playing [B] with, you [C#] know we're all losers [F#] in that game.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[B] Now since I've been straight, I haven't been in my puffs.
I'm not shooting downs, I'm not using [E] ups.
You know I'm still as crazy as you, even though I don't run out and cop the spoon.
But thank the Lord God I [B] had enough.
[E] Now I've got a friend, his name is [B] Richard Renz.
[E] Says you don't need to be stoned [B] to grow a friend.
[E] Believe you're all beautiful people just the way [B] you are.
Tell [C#] me what has that stuff done for you [F#] so far?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[G#] [B] I've been sitting here thinking, been waking, I've been thinking.
I don't have to sit around [E] no more on the door with my nose in the air.
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 in your [B] own backyard.
I [E] said it's got to start right in your own [B] backyard.
[E] You know everybody has their own [B] beautiful backyard.
You [E] might have more wealth in your own [B] backyard than me.
[E] [B] [A#] [E]
[B] [N]
Key:  
B
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E
2311
A#
12341111
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
B
12341112
E
2311
A#
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To learn Dion - Your Own Back Yard chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: B, E and B. Begin your practice at a relaxed 37 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 75. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: B Major.

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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've been sitting here thinking about when I started 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 [A#] and my [B] wife. _
_ _ I had my idea of having a good time, sitting with my head between the [E]
knees.
_ I knew everything there was to know, everything except which way to go.
I cried, oh God, take me, [B] will you please?
_ Yeah, many a time I swore up and down, I didn't need any of this junk that was going [E] round.
_ I can quit, let me finish what I got.
After all this stuff sure costs a lot, then I'll get my feet back [B] on the ground.
_ [E] Oh, I can't tell nobody how to [B] live their life, _ _ [E] even though inside we're [B] all the same.
_ [E] All those things, the toys I was playing [B] with, _ you [C#] know we're all losers [F#] in that game.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _
[B] Now since I've been straight, I haven't been in my puffs.
I'm not shooting downs, I'm not using [E] ups.
You know I'm still as crazy as you, even though I don't run out and cop the spoon.
But thank the Lord God I [B] had enough. _ _
[E] Now I've got a friend, his name is [B] Richard Renz. _
[E] Says you don't need to be stoned [B] to grow a friend. _
[E] Believe you're all beautiful people just the way [B] you are.
Tell [C#] me what has that stuff done for you [F#] so far?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [G#] _ [B] I've been sitting here thinking, been waking, I've been thinking.
I don't have to sit around [E] no more on the door with my nose in the air.
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 in your [B] own backyard.
I [E] said it's got to start right in your own [B] backyard.
_ _ [E] You know everybody has their own [B] beautiful backyard.
You [E] might have more wealth in your own [B] backyard than me.
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song was featured on the Born to Be With You / Streetheart album.

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