"Backstabbers" - Hall & Oates Chords

Tempo:
124 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

Ab

Eb

Cm

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Show Tuner
"Backstabbers" - Hall & Oates chords
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[G] [Cm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Gm] [Fm] [G]
[Gm]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Gm] [Fm] [G]
ready?
So what they do?
[Cm]
Smile in your face
[Gm] All the time
Wanna take your place
Don't [Fm] backstab us [Ab] [G] Backstab us
[Cm]
Smile in your face
[Gm] All the time
Wanna take your [Ab]
[Gm] place Don't [Fm] backstab [F] Backstab us
All [Cm] you fellas
Who has someone
That you really [F]
care Yeah
But [Cm] it's all in the [Gm] past, so better [F]
beware, beware, beware.
[Eb]
Somebody's out [Ab] to get your lady.
A few of your buddies, they sure look [Gm] shady.
The blade's too long, [Ab] that's why they don't miss.
[Fm] If it's straight in their hands, [B] and they don't think they'll miss.
What [Cm] they do, smile in your face.
[Gm] All the time, they take your place.
The [Fm] backstabbers, [Gm] backstabbers.
Getting [C] all these fists [Bb] from my [F] friends.
Yeah, yeah.
[Eb] They come to my house [Bb] again and [Eb] again and again and [F] again.
Yeah.
[Eb] Oh, they're out [Gm] to save [Ab] my woman.
I don't even belong, but they just keep on [Eb] coming.
Well, what can I do [Fm] to get on the right [Ab] track?
[Fm] I wish that they'd [G] take some of these thugs off my [B] back.
What they do, [Cm]
smile in your face.
[Gm] All the time, they want to take your [Ab] place.
[Gm] [Fm] Backstabbers, [Eb] backstabbers.
[Cm]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
Ooh, [Bb] ooh, ooh, ooh.
[Ab]
[Gm] No doubt, [Fm] I'm done. All right.
[Bb] [G]
[B] What [Gm] they [Eb] do, smile in your face.
[Gm] Smiling faces, [Ab]
[Gm] smiling [Fm] faces sometimes.
[Eb] Backstabbers, [Cm]
smile in your face.
[Bb] No [Eb] doubt, they're the [Cm]
[Gm] [Ab] best.
[Eb] Backstabbers, smiling face.
Down, [Gm] down, down.
Down, down, [Ab] down, down, [Eb] down, down.
[Cm] Backstabbers, smile in your face.
[Gm] Smiling face.
[Ab]
[Gm] [Ab] Backstabbers.
♪ Step, [Cm] step, step, step, step, step it away ♪
[Ab] ♪ You're [Gm] step, step, [Ab] step, step, step [G] away.
[Cm]
♪ Smiling in your face, [Gm] all the time it want to take you [Bb] place [Fm]
[Eb] ♪ I tell you, break it down now, oh, [Gm] oh, oh, oh.
[Cm]
♪ Think you [Bb] got your friends, [Ab] oh [G] smiling in your face.
[Eb]

♪ People that you [D] trust the [Gm] most, the [Cm] people that you got [Gm] to worry about the [Ab] most.

[G] Just keep on coming [Eb] at me
You never know [Gm] what they do
Never know what they [Cm] do
[Bb] Never know [F] what they do
I do it to [Gm] you
[Cm]
Never know what [Gm] they do
Never know what they [Ab] do
[Gm] Never know what [Ab] they do
Do, [Gm] do, do, do, do
[Cm] Smiley face
[Gm] All the time when the pain goes Bad smile [Fm] [Eb] Bad smile
[Cm] Smiley face
[Gm] [Ab]
[Gm] [Fm] [Eb] Bad smile Smiley [Bb] face [Ab] Bad [Bb] [Eb] smile Smiley face
Here [Gm] we go now
[Cm]
[Bb] Ooh, ooh, [Ab] ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Old [Eb] and dirty
[Bbm] Better [F] backstabbers
Key:  
Gm
123111113
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Cm
13421113
Fm
123111111
Gm
123111113
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Show All Diagrams
Chords
NotesBeta

To learn Daryl Hall & John Oates - (Live From Daryls House) Backstabbers chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Gm, Ab, Gm, Cm, Gm, Fm and Ab in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 62 BPM and then match the original tempo of 124 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Eb Major.

Download PDF
Download Midi
Edit This Version
Hide Lyrics Hint
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _
[Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ ready?
So what they do?
[Cm]
Smile in your face
[Gm] All the time
Wanna take your place
Don't _ [Fm] backstab us [Ab] _ _ [G] Backstab us
[Cm]
Smile in your face
[Gm] All the time
Wanna take your [Ab]
[Gm] place Don't [Fm] backstab [F] Backstab us
All [Cm] you fellas
Who has someone
That you really [F]
care Yeah
_ _ But [Cm] it's all in the [Gm] past, so better [F]
beware, beware, beware.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Somebody's out [Ab] to get your lady.
A few of your buddies, they sure look [Gm] shady.
The blade's too long, [Ab] that's why they don't miss.
[Fm] If it's straight in their hands, [B] and they don't think they'll miss.
What [Cm] they do, smile in your face.
[Gm] All the time, they take your place.
The _ [Fm] backstabbers, _ [Gm] backstabbers.
Getting [C] all these fists [Bb] from my [F] friends.
Yeah, yeah.
[Eb] _ _ _ They come to my house [Bb] again and [Eb] again and again and [F] again.
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Eb] Oh, they're out [Gm] to save [Ab] my woman.
I don't even belong, but they just keep on [Eb] coming.
Well, what can I do [Fm] to get on the right [Ab] track?
[Fm] I wish that they'd [G] take some of these thugs off my [B] back.
What they do, [Cm]
smile in your face.
[Gm] All the time, they want to take your [Ab] place.
[Gm] _ _ [Fm] Backstabbers, _ [Eb] backstabbers.
[Cm]
Ah, _ _ _ ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, _ ah.
Ooh, [Bb] ooh, ooh, ooh.
[Ab]
[Gm] No doubt, [Fm] I'm done. All right.
_ _ [Bb] _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ What [Gm] they [Eb] do, smile in your face.
[Gm] Smiling faces, [Ab]
[Gm] smiling [Fm] faces sometimes.
[Eb] _ Backstabbers, [Cm]
smile in your face.
[Bb] No [Eb] doubt, they're the _ [Cm] _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ best.
[Eb] Backstabbers, smiling face.
Down, [Gm] down, down.
Down, down, [Ab] down, down, [Eb] down, down.
_ [Cm] Backstabbers, smile in your face.
[Gm] Smiling face.
_ _ [Ab] _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ Backstabbers.
♪ Step, [Cm] step, step, step, step, step it away ♪
[Ab] ♪ You're [Gm] step, step, [Ab] step, step, step [G] away.
[Cm]
♪ Smiling in your face, [Gm] all the time it want to take you [Bb] place [Fm]
[Eb] ♪ I tell you, break it down now, oh, [Gm] oh, oh, oh.
[Cm]
♪ Think you [Bb] got your friends, [Ab] oh [G] smiling in your face.
[Eb]

♪ People that you [D] trust the [Gm] most, _ the [Cm] people that you got [Gm] to worry about the [Ab] most.

[G] Just keep on coming [Eb] at me
You never know [Gm] what they do
Never know what they [Cm] do
[Bb] Never know [F] what they do
I do it to [Gm] you
[Cm]
Never know what [Gm] they do
Never know what they [Ab] do
[Gm] Never know what [Ab] they do
Do, [Gm] do, do, do, do
[Cm] Smiley face
[Gm] All the time when the pain goes Bad smile [Fm] _ [Eb] Bad smile
[Cm] Smiley face
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] Bad smile Smiley [Bb] face _ _ _ [Ab] Bad [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ smile Smiley face
Here [Gm] we go now
_ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] Ooh, ooh, [Ab] _ _ _ ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Old [Eb] and dirty _ _ _
[Bbm] Better [F] backstabbers _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

You may also like to play