Tim McGraw – Meanwhile Back At Mamas (Guitar Fingerpicking)

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Chords

Fingerpicking pattern for each chord Bm minor would be a barre chord
if you play Bm with only 4 strings then do the same pattern as D
  D                  Bm and A           G
|-M-------M------| |----------------| |----------------|
|-----I-------I--| |-M-------M------| |-M-------M------|
|---p-------P----| |-----I-------I--| |-----I-------I--|
|-P-----P--------| |---p-------P----| |---p-------P----|
|----------------| |-P-----P--------| |----------------|
|----------------| |----------------| |-P-----P--------|
D, Bm, G, A x2
D                               
Running round in this new truck, 

Bm
bank let's me borrow from month to month,

G                                                    A
Running out of credit and find a little cash on the radio.

D                                     Bm
Standing still they're blowing past, numbers on cars going NASCAR fast,

G                                      A
What I wouldn't give for a slow down, don't you know.

            G                      A
Cause where I come from, only the horses run,

          G                       A
When the day is done, we take it easy.

D                              Bm
Meanwhile back at Mama's, the porch light's on come in if you wanna,

G                                              
Supper's on the stove and beers in the fridge, 

A
red sun sinking out low on the ridge.

D                                               
Game's on the tube and Daddy smokes cigarettes, 

Bm
whiskey keeps his whistle wet,

G                                                  
Funny the things you thought you'd never miss, 
A D, Bm, G, A in a world gone crazy as this.
        D                                    
Well I found a girl and we don't fit in here. 

Bm
Talk about how hard it is to breathe here,

      G                                                        
Even with the windows down can't catch a southern breeze here, 

A
One of these days gonna pack it up and leave here

D                              Bm
Meanwhile back at Mama's, the porch light's on come in if you wanna,

G                                              
Supper's on the stove and beers in the fridge, 

A
red sun sinking out low on the ridge.

D                                               
Game's on the tube and Daddy smokes cigarettes, 

Bm
whiskey keeps his whistle wet,

G                                                   
Funny the things you thought you'd never miss, 

A
in a world gone crazy as this.
D, Bm, G, A x2
      D                                       
Oh, I miss, yeah, a little dirt on the road. 

  Bm
I miss corn growing in a row.

  G                                           A
I miss being somebody everybody knows, where everybody knows everybody.

   D                            Bm
I miss those small town roots. Walking around in muddy boots.

    G                                       A
The sound of rain on an old tin roof, it's time we head on back.

        D                           
'Cause meanwhile back at Mama's, 

    Bm
the For Sale sign's going up and I'm gonna,

G                                         
Dump this truck and the little I got on a 

A
loan to own and a three-acre lot.

    D                                           
Put supper on the stove and beer in the fridge, 

Bm
going for broke and we're gonna be rich,

G                                         
Watch the sun setting on the ridge, baby, 

A
tell me what you think about this
D, Bm, G, A Me and you back at Mama's. D, Bm, G, A Yeah, me and you back at Mama's.