Banned From The Back Porch

	  		


Intro: F#m  D x4 


verse 1: 
F#m                A 
   I stepped out into the 
D    F#m 
night   and put my feet down 
      A   E/G#  D 
on the wet    patio floor 
F#m                  A 
   The sky's air had been  
   D   F#m 
cooling   and steam  
         A   E/G# D 
rose from eve---rywhere 
   F#m D    F#m D 
whoa     whoa 


verse 2: 
F#m        A             D 
   I could feel drops of rain  
         F#m 
slipping off tree's leaves  
      A    E/G# D 
and splattering to the 
      F#m            A 
ground   It's always misty  
D      F#m           A E/G# 
after a   summer pour 
D 
remember turning- 


Refrain 1: 
  F#m 
-around and looking  
E 
out And staring 
A  D            F#m 
in and focusing on 
         E/G#          A 
this one beautiful girl 


 
            D 
And I said "Oh who is 
A    Bm C#m D 
this?       Where was  
    A         F#m   E 
she all those crazy years? 
   D 
And Oh who is 
A    Bm C#m D 
this?       Where was  
            A 
she when my heart 
F#m      E 
couldn't take its beat?" 



verse 3: 
F#m A D         F#m A 
       I sipped down 
D                  F#m A 
  some warm ginger ale 
D                 F#m 
  And drew back a breath 
    A      E/G# 
And headed over to 
D(hold) 
see about this girl 


Refrain 2: 
F#m              E/G# 
   Oh I couldn't say a  
         A 
thing and Oh I just 
      D 
stared open and wide 
F#m             E/G# 
And I connected with 
            A 
her eyes to feel 
my gut fall 
A(Hold)     drumbeats 
through the floor and 


Chorus 2: 
            D 
And I said "Oh who is 
A    Bm C#m D 
this?       Where was  
    A         F#m   E 
she all those crazy years? 
   D 
And Oh who is 
A    Bm C#m D 
this?       Where was  
            A 
she when my heart 
F#m      E 
couldn't take its beat?" 
D 
 Oh who is 
A    Bm C#m D 
this?       Where was  
    A         F#m   E 
she all those crazy years? 
   D 
And Oh who is 
A    Bm C#m D 
this?       Where was  
            A(hold) 
she when my heart 
F#m(hold) E(hold)        A-A-D(Hold) 
couldn't  take its beat?"