Backwater Chords by Meat Puppets
Tempo:
112.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
E
C#m
D
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Am] [Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak [E] on my face?
There's a breath that's flowing [F#] through the feeling, [C] with an eye to open [E] up the sky's
veins.
Something will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking back, when you're [D] half
unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's
something that'll never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, [C] laughs
[E] said I'd find ways.
Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, [C] the rocket is [E] coming at us sideways.
Something will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking back, when [D] you're half unconscious
[Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D]
there's something
that'll never [F] change.
[G]
[A] Come here, [E] I'm by, [C] [D]
goodbye, [A] though all [E] the [Em] time, [C] all the news [D]
die.
[Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[C] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Am] [E] And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, [C] do you feel the [E] daybreak on my face?
There's a breath that's flowing [F#m] through the feeling, [C] with an eye to open up [E] the sky's veins.
Something will never [C#m]
change.
You [C] stand there looking back, when you're [D] half unconscious
from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's something
that'll never [E] change.
Something will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking back, [D] when you're half unconscious [Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem
[C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swirling, there's something [E] that'll never change.
[C#m] [C]
[G] [G#] [E] [C#m]
[C]
[D] [E] [Am] [E]
[C#m] [C]
[D] [E] [Em] [C#m]
[C]
[E] [Am] [E]
[C] [D]
[Am] [Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak [E] on my face?
There's a breath that's flowing [F#] through the feeling, [C] with an eye to open [E] up the sky's
veins.
Something will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking back, when you're [D] half
unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's
something that'll never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, [C] laughs
[E] said I'd find ways.
Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, [C] the rocket is [E] coming at us sideways.
Something will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking back, when [D] you're half unconscious
[Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D]
there's something
that'll never [F] change.
[G]
[A] Come here, [E] I'm by, [C] [D]
goodbye, [A] though all [E] the [Em] time, [C] all the news [D]
die.
[Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[C] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Am] [E] And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, [C] do you feel the [E] daybreak on my face?
There's a breath that's flowing [F#m] through the feeling, [C] with an eye to open up [E] the sky's veins.
Something will never [C#m]
change.
You [C] stand there looking back, when you're [D] half unconscious
from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's something
that'll never [E] change.
Something will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking back, [D] when you're half unconscious [Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem
[C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swirling, there's something [E] that'll never change.
[C#m] [C]
[G] [G#] [E] [C#m]
[C]
[D] [E] [Am] [E]
[C#m] [C]
[D] [E] [Em] [C#m]
[C]
[E] [Am] [E]
Key:
C
E
C#m
D
Am
C
E
C#m
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, _ _ [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak [E] on my face?
_ There's a breath that's flowing [F#] through the feeling, _ [C] with an eye to open [E] up the sky's
veins.
Something will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking back, when you're [D] half
unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m]
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's
something that'll never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, _ [C] _ laughs
[E] said I'd find ways.
Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, _ [C] the rocket is [E] coming at us sideways.
_ Something will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking back, when [D] you're half unconscious
[Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] _
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D]
there's something
that'll never [F] change.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] Come here, [E] I'm by, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D]
goodbye, _ _ [A] though all [E] the _ [Em] time, [C] all the _ news [D]
die.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, _ [C] _ do you feel the [E] daybreak on my face?
_ There's a breath that's flowing [F#m] through the feeling, [C] with an eye to open up [E] the sky's veins.
_ Something will never [C#m]
change.
You [C] stand there looking back, when you're [D] half unconscious
from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m]
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's something
that'll never [E] change.
Something will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking back, [D] when you're half unconscious [Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem _ _
[C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swirling, there's something [E] that'll never change.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, _ _ [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak [E] on my face?
_ There's a breath that's flowing [F#] through the feeling, _ [C] with an eye to open [E] up the sky's
veins.
Something will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking back, when you're [D] half
unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m]
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's
something that'll never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, _ [C] _ laughs
[E] said I'd find ways.
Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, _ [C] the rocket is [E] coming at us sideways.
_ Something will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking back, when [D] you're half unconscious
[Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] _
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D]
there's something
that'll never [F] change.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] Come here, [E] I'm by, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D]
goodbye, _ _ [A] though all [E] the _ [Em] time, [C] all the _ news [D]
die.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, _ [C] _ do you feel the [E] daybreak on my face?
_ There's a breath that's flowing [F#m] through the feeling, [C] with an eye to open up [E] the sky's veins.
_ Something will never [C#m]
change.
You [C] stand there looking back, when you're [D] half unconscious
from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m]
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swirling, [D] there's something
that'll never [E] change.
Something will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking back, [D] when you're half unconscious [Am] from the pain, [E] and they seem _ _
[C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swirling, there's something [E] that'll never change.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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