The Fastest Way Back Home

the fastest way back home – capo on 3

by frank turner from poetry of the deed

E – – 3 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – 3 – – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – – 3 – – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – |
G – – 0 – – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – 4 – 2 – 0 – – 0 – – 2 – 0 – 2 – 4 – 2 – 0 – | repeat ( this is how i play the intro ,
D – – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 2 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – | not sure how frank does )
A – – 2 – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – 3 – – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse
G
i should have seen you were coming , i should have been prepared .

Cadd9 D
after all , getting half of what you wish for isn’t so rare .

G
but still i wasn’t ready , you took my by surprise ,

Cadd9 D G
you brought a light to my dark like a word from the wise

chorus
Bm C Am D
weather wears the mountains right down into the sea ,

B7 Em D C
so i will stand in the rain until i Am clean

( play this on the second time through on the second chorus )

Bm C Am D
rivers carve the country , a landscape shaped by a stream ,

B7 Em D C
so i will swim in the river as long as you need .

G
we fell in love in the summer , when the skies were clear ,

Cadd9 D G
but i’m still wearing my coat from winter last year

G
i need to set my house in order , confess and cover my sins .

Cadd9 D G
i need to make a home for you before inviting you in

back to chorus x2

Em C D
G/F#
darling oh my darling you know that everything that i do

Em C G
is to try and make me good enough for you

Em C D
G/B
darling oh my darling you know that everywhere that i go ,

Em C G
i’m just trying to find the fastest way back home .

( “back home . . . . . ” )
breakdown bit
F C G F C D :x1

x2: Em C D
G/F#
darling oh my darling you know that everywhere that i go ,

Em C D G
i’m just trying to find the fastest way back home .