Toto - Turn Back: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Turn Back" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Em        D             C              G/B
Only the wind sang the words he could hear
Em           D              C         G/B
Born of the sand, washed ashore on a tear
Em              D            C           G/B
Time wrote the lines on his face, like a scroll
Em         D           C           G/B
Love is a loss to the man with no soul

Chorus:
C                   G                   Am
"Run," through the darkness, he hears, "turn back"
C              G                 Am
There's no survivors, you can't turn back
C                G       D/F#     Asus2/E
Dreams keep him turning back the years

Raising his sail, castaway on his own
Motherless child, on a sea, all alone
Morpheus calls, but they won't lay him down
Creatures of midnight appear with no sound

Chorus

Run through the darkness
Turn back the years, yeah
Turn back the years
Turn back the years, turn back the years...


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

Asus2

Guitar chord Asus2

B

Guitar chord B

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Turn Back" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Turn Back" by Toto.