################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ From: "Gary Fishell" Subject: Trace Adkins Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:36:56 -0800 Everything Takes Me Back (Trace Adkins) Intro: D --- C---- G----D (see chord formations at bottom) [D] It's a song on the [C] radio It's your [G] picture on the wall of my bed [D]room It's any [D] one of a million [C] memories Girl, [G] everything takes me back but [D] you It's every [D] place that we've [C] ever been It's [G] runnin' into someone we both [D] knew Or it's the [D] face of a total [C] stranger Girl, [G] everything takes me back but [D] you I've [C] called you up, I've [D] begged and pleaded, left [G] love letters at your [D] door Though I [C] broke your heart, you [D] gotta believe it [G] hurt me even [D] more So [C] what's it gonna take, [D] what you wanna hear girl I [G] think I paid my [D] dues And it [C] might be just, but it [D] don't seem fair That [C] everything [G] takes me back but [D] you....hmm..[D]- [C] -[G]- [D] [D] It's the sound or it's the [C] silence It's the [G] thought that what I've done I can't un[D]do Or it's the [D] dream I can't put [C] behind me Girl [G] everything takes me back but [D] you I've [C] called you up, I've [D] begged and pleaded, left [G] love letters at your [D] door Though I [C] broke your heart, you [D] gotta believe it [G] hurt me even [D] more So [C] what's it gonna take, [D] what you wanna hear girl I [G] think I paid my [D] dues And it [C] might be just, but it [D] just ain't fair That [C] everything [G] takes me back but [D] you It's the [D] night or it's the [C] morning It's the [G] thunder rollin' in before it [D] rains Or it's a [D] long, long, long, long stretch of [C] highway Girl it's [G] nothin' and it's everything, [D] yeah it's everything Yeah [C] everything [G] takes me back but [D] you Girl, [C] everything [G] takes me back but [D] you The tuning is drop D---(lower the bottom E string 1 step to D)- hit it often to get the low bass sound in the song I don't know the exact chord names so what I'm calling D, C, and G are as follows D- 000230 C- 020030 G- 500003 It sounds cool when you alternate pick the strings of the chords along with the occasional strum