Back Against the Wall Chords & Lyrics by Cage the Elephant
Back Against the Wall
guitar chords lyrics
Back Against The Wall - Cage the Elephant
Play the two lowest bass notes and the fourth string of
the chord in the verse as shown in the intro
chords: G# 466544
F# 244322
F#(9) x9,11,11,11,9 (A shape, ninth fret.)
B(7) 799877 (E shape, seventh fret)
B x24442
C# x46664
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Intro:
G# F# F(9)# C# B
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------11----6---4-|
G|--5------3---------------|
D|-------------11----6---4-|
A|--6------4---9-----4---2-|
E|--4------2---------------| X2 (listen to song for rythmn)
Verse 1:
G# F#
Tonight I'll have a look
F#(9) C# B G#
And try to find my face again
F# F#(9)
Buried beneath this house`
C# B G#
My spirit cries and dies again
F# F#(9)
Out back a monster wheres
C# B G#
A cloak of persian leather
F# F#(9)
Behind the TV screen
C# B G#
I've fallen to my knees
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Pre Chorus:
(All chords in the pre chorus and chorus are down strokes, with a quick up in between
switching chords. You can here the rthymn in the song)
G#
I said you've got me where you want me
B(7) C#
And dammit I can't turn away
G# F# C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
G# B(7) C#
I'm stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
G#
I want to get away
F# C#
I need to get away
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Chorus:
G# F#
Now you know
B C# G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F# B C# G#
Oh gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
F# B C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
G#
Just waiting for the fall
F# B C# G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
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Verse 2:
Intro x 1/2
G# F#
Blanket of silence
F#(9) C# B G#
makes me want to sink my teeth in deep
F#
Burn all the evidence
F#(9) C# B G#
A fabricated disbelief
F# F#(9) C# B G#
Pull back the curtains take a look into your eyes
F# F#(9) C# B G#
My tongue has now become a platform for your lies
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Pre Chorus
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Chorus
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Solo (I haven't tabbed this and I'm not sure what scale it's in, so I'll find out
and if someone tabs it or if i work it out I'll put it up as well =D)
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Chorus
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(End however you like, probably on the G# with a down stroke.)
