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Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home Chords

Chord reference G, D, C, D7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

The [G]warden led a [D]pris’ner down the [C]hallway to his [G]doom And I stood up to say good-bye like all the [D7]rest And I [G]heard him tell the [D]warden just be[C]fore he reached my [G]cell “Let my guitar playing [D7]friend do my re[G]quest”

Let him sing me back [D]home with a [C]song I used to [G]hear Make my old memories come a[D7]live [G]Take me a[D]way and [C]turn back the [G]years Sing me back [D7]home before I [G]die

I re[G]call last Sunday [D]morning a [C]choir from off the [G]street Came in to sing a few old gospel [D7]songs And I [G]heard him tell the [D]singers “there’s a [C]song my mama [G]sang Could I hear once be[D7]fore you move a[G]long?”

Won’t you sing me back [D]home with a [C]song I used to [G]hear Make my old memories come a[D7]live [G]Take me a[D]way and [C]turn back the [G]years Sing me back [D7]home before I [G]die Sing me back [D7]home before I [G]die

Artist Merle Haggard
Album Sing Me Back Home
Genres Country
Year 1967
Key G

How to Play Sing Me Back Home on Guitar?

Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, D7 chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Sing Me Back Home with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.