E              A             F#                B   
I was thinking’ bout long ago, those summer nights I loved so
   E              A                    F#            B   
Take a walk on down the block just to see who’s hangin’ round
   E              A             F#            B   
My sister would tag along with her radio and we’d sing a song
    E              A           F#            B   
Like the radio, I was hoping’ those summer nights would never end


[Chorus]
E    G#m      C#m         F#
             Oh but they do, yes they do
F#m                      B            G#m7                      C#7
      They say you can never go back home, and I believe that’s true
             F#m             B7
But i drift away like Dobie Gray
            E   A   F#   B
Back in the Day


[Verse 2]
  E                A                F#                          B
Sometimes I reminisce ‘bout the last day of middle school and my first kiss
  E                A                F#                          B
Sweet Jane in a halter top and tight bell bottom jeans
  E                A                F#                          B
I took a chance, slow dance, in my puka shells and my painter’s pants
  E             A             F#            B                       E
A record was playin’, Elton was sayin goodbye to the yellow brick road


[Chorus]
E      G#m       C#m         F#
               Oh how it goes and goes
F#m                    B            G#m7                C#7
     They say you can never go back home, and they’re not wrong
                    F#m               B7
But she’s killing me softly with her song
             E   A   F#   B
From back in the day


(Instrumental/Solo Over Verse Chords}


[A ST VERSE/CODA]
 E                  A               F#                B
I was thinking’ bout long ago, those summer nights I loved so
 E                  A               F#                B
I went to a party and everybody came with their 33 records and their 8 track tapes
 E                  A               F#                B
Me and Mrs Jones, Delta Dawn, Benny and the Jets and Major Tom
 E                  A               F#                B
Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Superfly and Frankenstion
 E                  A               F#                B
Reelin’ in the Years, Dancing’ in the Moonlight, Monster mash and   The Crocodile Rock
 E                  A               F#                B
Let’s Get it On, Behind Closed Doos, Love me Like a Rock Touch me in the morning
 E                           A           F#                B
Papa was a rolling Stone, You’re so Vain It Never rains in Southern California
 E                    A                           F#             
Rocky Mountain High, Come On and Take a Free Ride, Shambala
B                           E
On the Cover of the Rolling Stone


[Chorus]
E      G#m       C#m            F#
               Oh how they go and go
F#m                B        G#m7     C#7
    I know I can never go back     to “73
               F#m           B7
But when I hear those songs, I wanna be
              E   A   F#   B
Back in the day
               E   A   F#   B
Back in the day