Chords for Daryl Hall and John Oates - Back Stabbers (Live From Daryl's House)

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Daryl Hall and John Oates - Back Stabbers (Live From Daryl's House) chords
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[F] [Eb] [F] [Cm]
[Bb] [C] [Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] [Ab] [Bb] [F]
[Cm] [Gm]
No, [Cm] [D] [Cm]
[Gm] [Eb]
[C] [A] [Eb]
[Cm] [Gm] [Fm] [Eb]
[G] [Ab] [Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab] just let me start right now.
It's [C] so fucking good that it's like, it's [B] stupid.
I know, it's [Em] a stupidly good song.
It's like so [F] perfect, every level.
Yeah, there's not one second of the bad time there.
Yeah.
[Eb] The [Bb] word.
You guys [Eb] ever play that?
Yeah, we used to do it.
You [Cm] used to do it? Yeah, yeah.
Did [A] you guys ever work with the OJs?
[F] Did you play with them?
[E] Remember when we did the Hollywood Bowl last year?
[Eb] Well, we asked the OJs to come on and open [Bbm] for us.
[Eb] But I know those guys, I've known them forever,
since [N] the 60s.
They're cool guys.
Eddie's a great guy.
Really [Bb] cool people.
So, [Ab] before we get too [F] far into [Cm] this,
we gotta do a sound [C] check.
A sound check.
[Cm]
And the sound is changing.
[Eb]
They're gathering around the sound [Gb] and it's easy [G] to call.
[F] [Bb] The sound is [Eb] changing.
Don't get me started.
King Lynch and his mom telling me,
don't get me started.
[C] I need to see that movie, I [Bb] wanna see that.
You know what?
Put a couple [Cm] of days aside,
it's a little too much information.
[G] [Eb]
Have you seen Oliver Stone's movie?
[Cm] [B] Movie about George Bush.
[G] Basically, to basically annihilate [D] him.
To re-annihilate him. Yeah, exactly.
[F] [Eb] I was gonna say, it's a [Fm] tragedy based on a true story.
That's [Cm] unprecedented.
[Db] It's a lie.
[E]
[Fm] It's a lie.
It's [Ebm] a lie.
[G] [Cm]
It's a lie.
[Eb]
[Ab] [Gm] [Fm]
[Gm] [Abm] [G]
[Gm]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Ab] [Gm] [Fm]
Written.
[G]
What they do.
[Cm] ♪ Smile in your face [Gm] all the time ♪
♪ And pick your [Cm] place, [Gm] the [Fm] backstabbers [Ab]
[G] Backstabbers, [Cm] smile in your face [Gm] all the time ♪
♪ Wanna take [Ab] your [Gm] place, the [Ab] backstabbers [F]
♪ Backstabbers, all [Cm] you fellas who have someone ♪
[F] You really care, yeah, that [Cm] is all the [Gm] fellas ♪
♪ Who better [F] beware, beware, beware,
[Eb] [Ab] beware, beware, beware ♪
♪ A few of your buddies that sure look [Gm] shady ♪
♪ The blades are long, [Ab] but they're thin ♪
♪ And they're [Fm] straight in their hair ♪
[B] And they don't think they'll miss what they do [Cm]
♪ Smile in your face [Gm] all the time ♪
♪ Wanna take your place, the [Ab] backstabbers ♪
[Gm] Backstabbers, getting [C] all these visits [Bb] from my [F]
friends [Eb]
[Gm] They come [Cm] to my house [Bb] again [F] and again and again and again, yeah [Eb]
[Gm] ♪ So they're out there [Ab] to see my woman ♪
♪ I don't even be home, but they just keep on [Eb] coming ♪
♪ What can I do [Fm] to get on the [Ab] right track, [Fm] whoo ♪
♪ They said they'd [Bb] take [G] some of these thugs out my [B] back ♪
♪ But [Cm] what they do, smile in your face [Gm] all the time [Ab] [Gm]
[Fm] Backstabbers,
[Eb] backstabbers, [Cm] all the time, all the time ♪
♪ Ooh, [Bb] ooh, [Ab] [Gm] look [Fm] down dirty, [Bb] what [G] [B] they
[Eb] do, smile in your [Bb] face ♪
♪ Smile in your face, [Ab] [Gm] smile in your [Fm] face sometimes ♪
[Eb] Backstabbers, [Cm] smile in your face, [Gm]
[Cm] [Gm] [Ab]
[Cm] backstabbers, all the time ♪
[Gm]
♪ Down, down, down, down, down, [Ab] down, down, down, down [Eb]
[Cm] Smile in your face, might be [Gm] your name or your next foe [Ab] [Gm] [Ab]

[F] [Cm] Backstabbers, backstabbers, all the time in a way ♪
[Ab][Gm] Backstabbers, backstabbers, [Ab] backstabbers, [G] [Cm] all the time in a way ♪
[Gm] All the time, you're taking place, [Bb] [Fm]
[Eb] backstabbers [Gm]
[Cm]
You think you [Bb] got your friends?
[Ab]
[G] [Eb] People that you [D] trusted [Gm] most?
The [Cm] people that you got to worry [Gm] about the [Ab] most?
[G] [Gm] Ah, you never know what they do.
You never know what they [Cm] do.
[Bb] Never know [Fm] what they do, never know what they do to [Gm] you.
[Cm] Never know [Gm] what they do.
Never know what they [Ab] do.
[Gm] Never know [Ab] what they do.
[Abm] [Gm] to the [Cm] back down, [Gm]
all the time when the pain [Ab] goes.
[Gm] Back [Ab] down,
[Eb] back down, [Cm] smiley face.
[Gm]
[Ab] [Gm] [Fm] [Eb]
Back down, smiley [Bb] face.
Oh lord, [Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] here we go now.
[Cm] Ooh, [Bb] [Ab] ooh,
[Eb] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Old and dirty, [Bb] and the backstop.
[N]
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[F] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
No, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] just let me start right now.
It's [C] so fucking good that it's like, it's [B] stupid.
I know, it's [Em] a stupidly good song.
It's like so [F] perfect, every level.
Yeah, there's not one second of the bad time there.
Yeah.
[Eb] The [Bb] word.
You guys [Eb] ever play that?
Yeah, we used to do it.
You [Cm] used to do it? Yeah, yeah.
Did [A] you guys ever work with the OJs?
[F] Did you play with them?
_ [E] Remember when we did the Hollywood Bowl last year?
[Eb] Well, we asked the OJs to come on and open [Bbm] for us.
[Eb] But I know those guys, I've known them forever,
since [N] the 60s.
They're cool guys.
Eddie's a great guy.
Really [Bb] cool people.
So, [Ab] before we get too [F] far into [Cm] this,
we gotta do a sound [C] check.
A sound check.
[Cm]
And the sound is changing.
_ [Eb] _ _
They're gathering around the sound [Gb] and it's easy [G] to call.
[F] _ [Bb] The sound is [Eb] changing.
Don't get me started.
King Lynch and his mom telling me,
don't get me started. _
[C] I need to see that movie, I [Bb] wanna see that.
You know what?
Put a couple [Cm] of days aside,
it's a little too much information.
[G] _ _ [Eb]
Have you seen Oliver Stone's movie?
[Cm] _ [B] Movie about George Bush. _
[G] Basically, to basically annihilate [D] him.
To re-annihilate him. Yeah, exactly.
[F] [Eb] I was gonna say, it's a [Fm] tragedy based on a true story.
That's [Cm] unprecedented.
_ _ [Db] It's a lie.
_ [E]
[Fm] It's a lie.
It's [Ebm] a lie. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
It's a lie.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Abm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ Written.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
What they do.
[Cm] ♪ Smile in your face [Gm] all the time ♪
♪ And pick your [Cm] place, [Gm] the [Fm] backstabbers [Ab]
[G] Backstabbers, [Cm] smile in your face [Gm] all the time ♪
♪ Wanna take [Ab] your [Gm] place, the [Ab] backstabbers [F]
♪ Backstabbers, all [Cm] you fellas who have someone ♪
[F] You really care, yeah, _ _ that [Cm] is all the _ [Gm] fellas ♪
♪ Who better [F] beware, beware, beware, _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] beware, beware, beware ♪
♪ A few of your buddies that sure look [Gm] shady ♪
♪ The blades are long, [Ab] but they're thin ♪
♪ And they're [Fm] straight in their hair ♪
[B] And they don't think they'll miss _ what they do [Cm]
♪ Smile in your face [Gm] all the time ♪
♪ Wanna take your place, the [Ab] backstabbers ♪
♪ _ [Gm] Backstabbers, getting [C] all these visits [Bb] from my [F] _
friends _ [Eb] _ _ ♪
[Gm] They come [Cm] to my house [Bb] again [F] and again and again and again, yeah _ _ [Eb]
[Gm] ♪ So they're out there [Ab] to see my woman ♪
♪ I don't even be home, but they just keep on [Eb] coming ♪
♪ What can I do [Fm] to get on the [Ab] right track, [Fm] whoo ♪
♪ They said they'd [Bb] take [G] some of these thugs out my [B] back ♪
♪ But [Cm] what they do, smile in your face [Gm] all the time _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm]
[Fm] Backstabbers, _
_ [Eb] backstabbers, [Cm] all the time, all the _ _ time ♪
♪ Ooh, [Bb] ooh, [Ab] _ [Gm] look [Fm] down dirty, _ [Bb] what [G] _ _ [B] they _
_ [Eb] _ do, smile in your [Bb] face ♪
♪ Smile in your face, [Ab] [Gm] smile in your [Fm] face sometimes ♪
[Eb] _ Backstabbers, [Cm] smile in your face, [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Cm] backstabbers, all the time ♪
[Gm]
♪ Down, down, down, down, down, [Ab] down, down, down, down [Eb]
♪ _ [Cm] Smile in your face, might be [Gm] your name or your next foe [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _

[F] _ [Cm] Backstabbers, backstabbers, _ all the time in a way ♪
[Ab][Gm] Backstabbers, backstabbers, [Ab] backstabbers, _ [G] _ _ [Cm] all the time in a way ♪
[Gm] All the time, you're taking place, [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Eb] backstabbers _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm]
You think you [Bb] got your friends?
[Ab] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ People that you [D] trusted [Gm] most?
_ The [Cm] people that you got to worry [Gm] about the [Ab] most? _
_ [G] _ _ [Gm] Ah, you never know what they do.
You never know what they [Cm] do.
[Bb] Never know [Fm] what they do, never know what they do to [Gm] you.
[Cm] _ Never know [Gm] what they do.
Never know what they [Ab] do.
[Gm] Never know [Ab] what they do.
[Abm] [Gm] to the [Cm] back down, _ [Gm] _
all the time when the pain [Ab] goes.
[Gm] Back [Ab] down, _
[Eb] back down, [Cm] _ smiley face.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
Back down, _ smiley [Bb] face.
Oh lord, [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] here we go now.
_ _ _ [Cm] Ooh, [Bb] [Ab] ooh, _
_ [Eb] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Old and dirty, _ _ _ [Bb] and the backstop. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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