C      032010
Csus4  033010
F      033210
Dm     000231

[Intro bass and tambourine]
C

[Instrumental all instruments]

As verse chords

C Csus4 C Csus4 C F Dm C Csus4 C

[Verse 1]
C                                                  Csus4 C
Oh, there's good 'n bad things about the South, boy
C                                                Csus4 C
Oh, and some leave a bitter taste in my mouth now
F
Yeah!Like the black man livin' across the track
Dm
White man were on the other side holding him back
C                 Csus4 C
Way back home, now


[Verse 2]
C                                                     Csus4 C
Oh, but we won't talk about that cause it's understood
C                                             Csus4 C
Ev'rybody sees the bad but what about the good?
F
Ooh, I'd give anything just to smell that scent
Dm
Of honeysuckle growing on a backyard fence
C                  Csus4 C
Way back home, now

[Verse 3]
C                                             Csus4 C
'Oow!'Oh heaven scent, ya'all! (way back home)
C                                 Csus4 C
Yeah, way back home (Way back home)
F
I got to smell the wetness of grass and trees
Dm
And see ground kissed by honey bees
C                      Csus4 C
Like way back home, now

[Verse 4]
C                                      Csus4 C
Oh, but childhood days are dead 'n gone
C                                     Csus4 C
Oh but the memories still linger on
F
Oh, have you ever gone swimmin' in a muddy creek
Dm
With nothin' on your body from head to feet?
C                  Csus4 C
Way back home, yeah

[Verse 5]
C                                            Csus4 C
How you play for the game like hide an seek, yeah !
C                                               Csus4 C
And sink through the weeds over near the streams
F
Well, I know some kids still play those games
Dm
But when they play it just ain't the same
C                 Csus4 C
Like way back home

[Verse 6]
C                                     Csus4 C
'Sad to sing it, ya'all!(Way back home)
C                                          Csus4 C
Way back home, way back home, way back home
F
Oh, I really miss those things that have faded away
Dm
I remember them like it was yesterday
C                 Csus4 C
Now, way back home


[Outro]
C             Csus4  C             Csus4 C
(Way back home)....  (way back home)
F
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Dm
(Ooh)
C             Csus4  C             Csus4 C
(Way back home).... (way back home)
F
(Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh )
Dm 
(Ooh) .....fade out