Chords for Backlash Blues (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival)

Tempo:
158.25 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Cm

G

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Backlash Blues (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival) chords
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[C]
[F] [Eb]
[C] [F]
[Eb]
[C] [Bb]
[C]
Mr.
[G] Backlash, [C] Mr.
Backlash, who do you think I am?
You raise my [Cm] taxes and freeze my wages, send my only son to [F] Vietnam.
[Cm] [F] You give me second class [Cm] houses, [G] second class schools.
[C] I know you think that all colored people are just second class fools.
[D]
Mr.
Backlash, [F]
I'm going to leave you with [Eb] the blues.
Yes, I [F] am, yes, I [Cm] am, yes, I am, when [Gm] I try to [C] find it.
All you got to offer is your mean old white backlash.
[F]
The world is big, big and bright, [C]
and full of other folks like me,
who are black, yellow, beige, and brown.
[G]
Mr.
[Cm] Backlash, I'm going to leave you with the [C] blues.
Yes, [G] I am, [Cm] yes, I am, [C]
yes, I am,
[Gm] [C]
[Ebm]
[Cm] [F]
[Eb] [F]
[C]
[Gb] [Bb] [Cm]
[D] [G] [Dm]
[G] [F]
[Cm]
[G] [Cm]
[Ab] when Langston [F] Hughes [C] died,
he told me many years before, he [Ab] said,
need [C] a working till they open up the door.
One of these days when they open the door, and you know it's open [Bb] wide,
[Cm]
make sure you [Gb] sock it to them where they live, so they'll have no place to hide.
[Am] So I'm telling you, yeah, [G] I got to do it.
[F]
[D]
[Dm] [G]
I'll leave you [C] with the blues.
[F] [C]
[G] [C]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
G
2131
Eb
12341116
C
3211
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Mr.
[G] Backlash, [C] Mr. _
Backlash, _ who do you think I am?
_ _ You raise my [Cm] taxes and freeze my wages, send my only son to [F] Vietnam.
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] You give me second class [Cm] houses, _ _ [G] second class schools.
_ _ _ [C] I know you think that all colored people are just second class _ fools.
[D] _
Mr.
Backlash, _ _ [F] _ _
_ I'm going to leave you with [Eb] the blues.
Yes, I [F] am, yes, I [Cm] am, _ yes, I _ am, when [Gm] I try to [C] _ find it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ All you got to offer is your mean old white backlash.
_ [F] _
The world is big, _ _ big and bright, _ [C] _ _ _
and full of other folks like me,
who are black, yellow, beige, and brown.
[G] _ _ _
_ Mr.
_ [Cm] Backlash, _ I'm going to leave you with the [C] blues.
Yes, [G] I am, [Cm] yes, I _ am, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ yes, I am, _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] when Langston [F] Hughes [C] died, _ _
he told me many years before, he [Ab] said,
need [C] a _ _ _ working _ till they open up the door. _
One of these days when they open the door, and you know it's open _ [Bb] wide,
[Cm] _
make sure you [Gb] sock it to them where they live, so they'll have no place to hide.
[Am] So I'm telling you, _ yeah, [G] I got to do it.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
I'll _ _ leave you [C] with the blues.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _