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Subject: CRD: Carry Me Back (Statler Brothers)
CARRY ME BACK
written by Harold & Don Reid
sung by the Statler Brothers
from the Best of (1975)
D / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 / / /
A7 D
Carry me back, Lord, while I still got the time
D7 G D
Is Jimmy through servin' his hitch with Uncle Sam?
Em A7
Do the kids still spend Saturday nights drivin' 'round Hamburger Dan's?
D D7 G D
Did Jackie ever make it to the streets of Hollywood?
A7 D
& Bobby, I'd love to see him again, & I would if I could
CHORUS:
D7 G D
Carry me back & make me feel at home
Em A7
Let me cling to those mem'ries that won't let me alone
D D7 G D
Where it was always summer & she was always mine
A7 D
Carry me back, Lord, while I still got the time
Verse 2:
Does the preacher still visit when sun or snow gets down?
Do the stores still stay open on Friday nights downtown?
Is JoAnn still as pretty as when she wore my high school ring?
When you see her, tell her I said July 1959; she'll know what I mean
(chorus, then repeat its last line)
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