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Back In Your Own Back Yard

Brenda Lee

RockAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××○
A7×○○○
Bm×
FdimDiagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
E○○○
E7○○○○
GmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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 D  A7   A7/13-   D           Bm Fdim    Em7        A7 
The bird with feathers of blue   is    waiting for you 
 Em7         A7  A7/13-   D   Cdim Em7 A7 
Back in your own back yard 
 D     A7   A7/13-   D        Bm   Fdim      Em7 A4/7       A7 
You'll find your castle in Spain through your  window pane 
Em7           A7 A7/13-    D 
Back in your own back yard 
 
Bridge 
 
D7M           F#m               F#m7+     
Oh, you can go to the east, go to the west 
          F#m7           B7 
Someday you'll come 
 E       E7   Bm5-/7               Gm         A7 
Weary at heart back where you started from 
A7/13-    A7   A7/13-   D        Bm  Fdim      Em7    A7 
You'll find your happiness lies  right   under your eyes 
Em7          A7  A7/13-    D 
Back in your own back yard

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Chord set

D · A7 · Bm · Fdim · Em7 · Cdim · F#m · F#m7 · B7 · E · E7 · Gm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.