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