G C G C G C G
[Verse 1]
C G C
Take me back when times were hard, but we didn't know it
G C
If we ate, we had to grow it
G D Em C
Take me back, when all we could afford was laughter
G C
And two mules instead of a tractor
D G
Take me back again
[Verse 2]
C G C
Take me back where there was nothing left to throw out
G C
There was a light that wouldn't go out
G D Em C
Take me back, when we had swollen fingers we gotten
G C
When everybody helped pick the cotton
D G
Take me back again
[Chorus]
D C Em D G
Take me back to places where my memory tarries
D C Em D
Take me back to precious things that my heart carries
[Verse 3]
C G C
Take me back when daddy led the singing on Sunday
G C
Nobody had to plough 'til Monday
G D Em C
Take me back where I could feel the kiss of my mother
G C
I had all my sisters and brothers
D G
Take me back again
[Instrumental]
G C G C G C G D Em C G C D C G D
[Chorus]
C Em D G
Take me back to places where my memory tarries
D C Em D
Take me back to precious things that my heart carries
[Verse 4]
C G C
Take me back when times were hard, but we didn't know it
G C
If we ate, we had to grow it
G D Em C
Take me back, when all we could afford was laughter
G C
And two mules instead of a tractor
D G
Take me back again
D G
Take me back again
