Adventures in Your Own Backyard Chords & Lyrics by Patrick Watson
Adventures in Your Own Backyard
guitar chords lyrics
Patrick Watson - Adventures In Your Own Backyard
Capo 1 (everything relative to the capo)
3/4
Picking pattern:
G Bm C D
|------------| |------------| |------------| |----2-----2-|
|----0-----0-| |----3-----3-| |----1-----1-| |---3--3-----|
|---0--0-----| |---4--4-----| |---0--0-----| |--2---------|
|--0-----0---| |--4---------| |--2---------| |0-----------|
|------------| |2-----------| |3-----------| |--------0---|
|3-----------| |--------2---| |--------3---| |------------|
Here we go:
G
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Through tall green grass, and into the world
G Bm
Ain't it feel right?
G Bm
Ain't it feel nice?
G (drums come in) Bm
In your own backyard
G Bm
G Bm
Through dirty winding road, around your feet
G Bm
That carries me along and into the beat
G
Didn't need to go so far
Bm
You found what you were thirsting for
G
Didn't need to go so far
Bm
To find what you were looking for
C Bm
Cuz it was always beside
C Bm
Just right behind
C Bm
Right up ahead
C D
You just didn't know it was in
G
Your own backyard
Instrumental (chords written above lead riff):
G
|------------------------------------------------|
|----0-----0-------------------------------------|
|---0--0---------------------------------0---4---|
|--0-----0-------------------0---2---4-----------|
|----------------0---2---3-----------------------|
|3-----------3-----------------------------------|
Em F
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|2-----------0-----------------------------------|
|------------------4-2-0-----------------------0-|
|------------------------3-----------------2-3---|
|------------------------------------------------|
C Em D
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------------|
|2-----------------------4-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
D (an extra 2 bars)
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
F#m
|------------------------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------2---0h2-|
|--------------------------------2---4-----------|
|----------------------------4-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|------------2-----------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----2-----0-----------|
|------------------------------------------4-----|
|------------------------------------------------|
A
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------0---2---|
|------------------------------------4-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------------|
|------------------------2-----------------------|
|3-------------------------------------------3---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
A C#m
|--------------------0---------------------------|
|--------2---------------2-----------------------|
|----2h4-----------------------------------------|
|2-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
F#m
|5-----------4-----------0h2---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------1-----------3-----------|
|2-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
D
|5-----------7-----------8-----------10----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
G Bm
Chords used:
G 3x000x or 355433
Bm x24432
C x32010
D xx0232 or x57775
Em 022000
F 133211
F#m 244222
Dm x57765 or xx0231
A 002220
C#m x46654
transcribed by: robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (dot) com
note: the picking pattern might be a little tricky at first, but it's quite simple
and repetitive once you get it down
