BACK IN THE SADDLE
As recorded by Luke Combs
(2025 release)


Capo 2nd fret


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h  -  hammer-on 
p  -  pull-off
b  -  bend
() -  note tied to previous


[Intro]



[Verse 1]

I've been gone

 for a little 

too long
             
I've been wait

      
in' on the dru

mmer to kick o

ff a comeback 

song
             
I've been wait

              
in' in the win

            
gs like a dog 

       
on a chain

I can feel thi

s fire buildin

' up a little 

wild in it

Went and check

ed the wire, s

ure enough, th

ere's live in 

it
       
Try to stop it

, but I can't
            
It's callin' m

   
y name


[Chorus]
             
'Cause I'm bac

             
k in the saddl

             
e like some ol

              
d cowboy, who 

            
dug his way ou

         
t of his grave
             
Pulled up his 

             
boots, put his

             
 pistol on his

              
 hip, climbed 

            
up and took ho

          
ld of the rein

s
             
Don't worry wh

              
ere I've been,

             
 I'm back in t

          
he saddle agai

n


[Verse 2]

This time, I'm

 takin' what's

 mine

Like a long lo

st out west ou

tlaw outta his

 mind
             
I'm ridin' in 

            
the town, no t

             
urnin' back no

w


[Chorus]
             
'Cause I'm bac

             
k in the saddl

             
e like some ol

              
d cowboy, who 

            
dug his way ou

         
t of his grave
             
Pulled up his 

             
boots, put his

             
 pistol on his

              
 hip, climbed 

            
up and took ho

          
ld of the rein

s
             
Don't worry wh

              
ere I've been,

             
 I'm back in t

          
he saddle agai

n


[Instrumental Break]

             
              

    
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[Out-Chorus]
             
'Cause I'm bac

             
k in the saddl

             
e like some ol

              
d cowboy, who 

            
dug his way ou

         
t of his grave
             
Pulled up his 

             
boots, put his

             
 pistol on his

              
 hip, climbed 

            
up and took ho

          
ld of the rein

s
             
Don't worry wh

              
ere I've been,

             
 I'm back in t

          
he saddle agai

n
             
Don't worry wh

              
ere I've been,

             
 I'm back in t

          
he saddle agai

n