John
recorded ‘You Can´t Look Back’ three times, first for
“California Bloodlines”, Capitol, 1969, best CD re-release is the double CD “California
Bloodlines/Willard”, Beat Goes On, 2001.
The version
you´ll find below is from “The Phoenix Concerts”, double LP, RCA, 1974, CD
re-release as “The Complete Phoenix Concerts” (with two bonus tracks), Bear Family
Records, 1990.
The latest
recording is on “A Night at Jimmy Duke´s – Johnny And The Nasty Britches”, Neon
Dreams, 2002.
In the key
of C every time.
Play it.
(C)(hold)
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back
(G) When
you're moving (C)on,
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back,
Buddy, you
got to (G)go and sing your(C)song.
(Bass notes
C-B-A to...)
(G) Where
did they go
(Bass notes
B-A-G to...)
(F) All the
good times I used to (C)know?
(Bass notes
C-B-A to...)
(G) Long
time ago
(Bass notes
B-A-G to...)
(F)I loved
a woman,
I loved a
woman, never let her (C)know.
You can't
look (Dm)back
(G) When
you're moving (C)on,
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back,
Buddy, you
got to (G)go and sing your (C)song.
Hey, you
can't look (Dm)back
(G) When
you're moving (C)on,
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back,
Buddy, you
got to (G)go and sing your (C)song.(F)(C)
(Bass notes
C-B-A to...)
(G) Stumble
and fall,
(Bass notes
B-A-G to...)
(F) I'm not
the man that I was at (C)all.
(Bass notes
C-B-A to...)
(G) Words
on the wall,
(Bass notes
B-A-G to...)
(F) And I
do believe,
I do
believe I might have (C)blown it all.
(Dm) (G)
(C) (Dm) (G)
(C)(C/B)(C/A)(C/G)(C)(hold)
But you
can't look (Dm)back
(G) When
you're moving (C)on,
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back,
Buddy, you
got to (G)go and sing your (C)song.
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back
(G) When
you're moving (C)on,
Oh, you
can't look (Dm)back,
Buddy, you
got to (G)go and sing your(C)song.
(C/B)(C/A)(C/G)(C)(F)(G)(C)
© John
Stewart, All Rights Reserved
Art Faller, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Charlie Woodward
11/2003