Chords for Kitchen Songs No 9 : Pokey LaFarge playing "Going Back to Arkansas

Tempo:
102.9 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Gb

Eb

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Kitchen Songs No 9 : Pokey LaFarge playing "Going Back to Arkansas chords
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Whoa, we're on camera.
Hi, [G] I'm Poco La Forge, everybody.
This [Bb] is my friend Don Flemmons, [D] and he's going to let me sing this song.
We're going to do one by Big Bill Broomsy.
This is called Going Back to Arkansas.
Shall we?
Yeah.
One, two, three.
[Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[Eb] [Gb] [Bb]
I'm going back, I'm going to Arkansas.
I'm going back, I'm going to [F] Arkansas.
[Bb] You know I'll be so happy [Eb] to meet my wife and mother [Gb]-in-law.
[Dm] I'm going back, going [F] back to [Bb] Arkansas.
When mama gets out the frying pan.
Yeah, starts to make a damn [F] pot of green.
[Bb] I can smell that ham going boring.
It smells [Eb] so good, Don, you know I [Gb] ain't stalling.
I'm [Bb] going back, [C] going back to [Bb] Arkansas.
[F]
[Bb] [Eb] [Gb]
[C] [Bb]
[G]
[D]
[Gb] [Bb] [C] [G] [Bb]
And my baby caught a train, she left me a mutiny ride.
Yes, my baby caught a train, left me a [F] mutiny ride.
Say that, say that.
[Bb] Standing right by my gate, with [Eb] that .44
by [Gb] my side.
[Dm] Well, I'm going back, going back to [Bb] Arkansas.
You ought to say that, you ought to say that.
I'll get home and I won't have to pay no rent.
I can make my own.
[F]
[Bb] I can hear them chickens [Eb] crowing, I can hear them [Gb] cows mooing.
[Bb] Well, I'm going back, I'm going back to Arkansas.
[C] [Eb]
[Gb] [Bb]
Yeah, I'm going back, I'm going back to Arkansas.
Well, I'm going back, I'm going back [F] to Arkansas.
Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free.
And the home of
[Gb] [Bb] the [G] [F] [Bb]
brave.
[G] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gb] [D]
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Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Gb
134211112
Eb
12341116
G
2131
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Gb
134211112
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Whoa, we're on camera.
Hi, _ [G] I'm Poco La Forge, everybody.
This [Bb] is my friend Don Flemmons, [D] and he's going to let me sing this song.
We're going to do one by Big Bill Broomsy.
This is called Going Back to Arkansas.
Shall we?
Yeah.
One, two, three.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm going back, I'm going to Arkansas.
_ _ I'm going back, I'm going to [F] Arkansas.
_ _ [Bb] You know I'll be so happy [Eb] to meet my wife and mother [Gb]-in-law.
[Dm] I'm going back, going [F] back to [Bb] Arkansas.
_ _ When mama gets out the frying pan.
_ Yeah, starts to make a damn [F] pot of green. _ _
[Bb] I can smell that ham going boring.
It smells [Eb] so good, Don, you know I [Gb] ain't stalling.
I'm [Bb] going back, [C] going back to [Bb] Arkansas. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
And my baby caught a train, she left me a mutiny ride.
Yes, my baby caught a train, left me a [F] mutiny ride.
Say that, say that.
[Bb] Standing right by my gate, with [Eb] that .44
by [Gb] my side.
[Dm] Well, I'm going back, going back to [Bb] Arkansas.
You ought to say that, you ought to say that.
I'll get home and I won't have to pay no rent.
_ I can make my own.
[F] _ _
_ [Bb] I can hear them chickens [Eb] crowing, I can hear them [Gb] cows mooing.
[Bb] Well, I'm going back, I'm going back to Arkansas. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, I'm going back, I'm going back to Arkansas. _
_ Well, I'm going back, I'm going back [F] to Arkansas.
Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free.
And the home of _
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] the [G] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
_ brave.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _

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