Back To Oregon
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Chords]
G - 320033 Dsus - 200233 D - X04232
Cadd9 - X32033 Em7 - X22033 Am - X02213
Gmaj7 - X20032
[Intro pattern] (also used in breaks and ending)
G Dsus Cadd9
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3--------3--------3------3----------3-----------------3---------|
G|-------0--------0--------2---0h2----2------0------0---0------0-----0---0-|
D|-----------0--------0--------0--------2-------------2----------------2---|
A|--------------------------------------3-----------------3----------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------------0-----------------0-------|
G Dsus Cadd9
E|---------3------------------------3--------------------------------------|
B|------------------3--------3------3----------3-------3-------------------|
G|-------0--------0--------2---0h2-----------0-----0---0-------------------|
D|-----------0--------0--------0------2--------------2---------------------|
A|------------------------------------2/3--------------2/3-----------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
The picking pattern for the rest of the song is roughly the same, but she lets the high
E and B strings and
the bass ring throughout, and sometimes plays the high E open. So for example, you
could try something like:
[Verse picking pattern]
G Dsus Cadd9 G
Took a plane back ho-ome to Massachusetts
E|------------------3-----------------------------3----------------0--------|
B|---------3-----------------3-------3--------3-------3--------3------------|
G|-------0--------0--------2-------2--------0-------0--------0--------------|
D|-----------0----------------------------------2----------------2-----0----|
A|-----------------------------0h2-----3----------------3-------------------|
E|--3-----------------2----------------------------------------------2---3--|
[Intro]
G Dsus Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
[Verse 1]
G Dsus Cadd9
Took a plane back home
G
To Massachusetts
Dsus Cadd9
It was a long ride
G
Fitting for such a distance
Dsus Am
To see my mom and dad
C G Dsus Cadd9
My little sister's college graduation
G Dsus
And her new man
Am Cadd9
She had poems and a plan
[Prechorus]
G Dsus Cadd9 D
But I have no life here anymore
G Dsus Cadd9 D
And I don't feel I fit here anymore
Cadd9 D
Too many people and too fast
Cadd9 Em7 Am
I want my time to last
Cadd9
Where there's room to be
Dsus D
Ea---sy
[Chorus 1]
Cadd9
I need my place at your table
Em7 Dsus
I'll come for dinner when I can
Am Gmaj7 Cadd9
I hate the way I hurt you when I go
D G
Back to Oregon
[REPEAT INTRO]
G Dsus Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
[Verse 2]
G Dsus Cadd9
On a walk in the woods
G Dsus
Near the house
Cadd9 G
With my mom
D Am C G
Talking relationships, and work and creation
Dsus Cadd9
Life's big and small explorations,
G Dsus Am C
And waterfalls, I love it all
Am C Dsus D
So close, the air, smell of damp leaves
Am Gmaj7
So familiar this place
Cadd9 D
I cannot breathe
[Prechorus]
G Dsus Cadd9 D
'Cos I have no life here anymore
G Dsus Cadd9 D
And I don't feel I fit here anymore
Cadd9 D
Too many people and too fast
Cadd9 Em7 Am
I want my time to last
Cadd9
Where there's room to be
Dsus D
Ea---sy
[Chorus 2]
Cadd9
I need my place at your table
Em7 Dsus
I'll come for dinner when I can
Am Gmaj7 Cadd9
I wish I didn't hurt you when I go
D G
Back to Oregon
[REPEAT INTRO]
G Dsus Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
[Bridge]
C Am Cadd9 D
How strange to feel not a stran-ger
C Am Cadd9 D
How much stranger could I be?
C Am Cadd9 D
And would we be friends or acquaintances
C Am Dsus D
If we weren't family?
[Verse 3]
G Dsus Cadd9
Took a plane back home
G
To Massachusetts
Dsus Cadd9
It was a long ride
G
Fitting for such a distance
Dsus Am C
From sea to shining sea
G Dsus Cadd9
to share and change, to make memories
[Prechorus]
G Dsus Cadd9 D
And I have no life here anymore
G Dsus Cadd9 D
And I don't feel I fit here anymore
Cadd9 D
Too many people and too fast
Cadd9 Em7 Am
I want my time to last
Cadd9
Where there's room to be
Dsus D
Ea---sy
[Chorus 3]
Cadd9
I need my place at your table
Em7 Dsus
I'll come for dinner when I can
Am Gmaj7 Cadd9
I guess I'll always hurt you when I go
Dsus G Dsus Cadd9
Back to Oregon
Dsus G Dsus Cadd9
Back to Oregon
Dsus G Dsus Cadd9 G
Back to Oregon
How to play Back To Oregon
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.