Johnny Rivers – Going Back To Big Sur (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

Album - Realization - #5 on BB Hot 200 on LIBERTY Records in 1968. INTRO: Amaj7 D Amaj7 D #1.
Amaj7                 D             Amaj7
It's a cold and rainy Friday night, city life's 

       E11   D
got me all uptight.

   G                    Gbm       G
My mind keeps wandering far away, vibrations tell 

        F               Em  
me it's time to leave L.A.
CHORUS:
A                 D    A                    D
Going back to Big Sur..wish I could leave today.

  A                          Db      Gbm    
I want to walk beneath those Redwood trees..just 

Bm       E    A   G
south of Monterey.
#2.
A                          Bm    A
A little cabin, quiet and alone..no television and 

Bm     D
no telephone.

G                    Gbm                 G
Water trickling down this little stream..makes you 

              F          E      Em G
wonder, is it all just a dream?
CHORUS:
A                 D    A                       D
Going back to Big Sur..this time, I might just stay.

A                         Db     Gbm        Bm
Going back and straighten out my head..just south 

   E    A   G
of Monterey.
BRIDGE:
Cmaj7    G      Cmaj7 F      Cmaj7        Fmaj7   Cmaj7
Friendly people all  around, never try to put you down.

G                   Fmaj7           A          Am
Makes you feel like someone new and they don't care 

Ab             C    D   G   Eb D
who you are or what you do.
#3.
A                   Bm           A              Bm
Guess I'll drive up highway one..dig the ocean, kiss 

            D
the setting sun.

G                 Gbm         G
The stars dancing in the sky, sort of puts you on a 

F       A    Em7
natural high....
CHORUS:
A                 D    A                       D
Going back to Big Sur..this time, I might just stay.

A                         Db     Gbm        Bm
Going back and straighten out my head..just south 

   E    A   G           A
of Monterey...(and that girl..)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.