Backwater Chords by Meat Puppets
Tempo:
112.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
C
D
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak on [E] my face?
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the peeling, [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, [C] laughs, [E] and says I find ways.
Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, [C] the rocket emblem [E] that I sighed and raised.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swerving, there's something that will never [F] change.
[G]
[A] Now maybe [E] I'm [C] fine, [D] goodbye, [A] roll [E] the [Em] time [C] on to [D] start.
[Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Em] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Dm] [E] And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, [C] do you feel the daybreak [E] on my face?
There's a blood that's flowing [F#m] through the sealing, [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking [D] backwards, half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will [E] never change.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something [E] that will never change.
[C#m] [C] [G]
[G#] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] [D] [E]
[C#m] [C]
[D] [E] [C#m]
[C]
[E]
[C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak on [E] my face?
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the peeling, [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, [C] laughs, [E] and says I find ways.
Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, [C] the rocket emblem [E] that I sighed and raised.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swerving, there's something that will never [F] change.
[G]
[A] Now maybe [E] I'm [C] fine, [D] goodbye, [A] roll [E] the [Em] time [C] on to [D] start.
[Em] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Em] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Dm] [E] And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, [C] do you feel the daybreak [E] on my face?
There's a blood that's flowing [F#m] through the sealing, [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking [D] backwards, half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will [E] never change.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something [E] that will never change.
[C#m] [C] [G]
[G#] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] [D] [E]
[C#m] [C]
[D] [E] [C#m]
[C]
[E]
Key:
E
C
D
C#m
F#
E
C
D
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, _ _ [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak on [E] my face?
_ There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the peeling, _ [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, _ [C] _ laughs, [E] and says I find ways.
_ Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, _ [C] the rocket emblem [E] that I sighed and raised.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] _
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swerving, there's something that will never [F] change.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] Now maybe [E] I'm _ _ [C] fine, _ _ _ [D] goodbye, _ _ [A] roll _ [E] the _ [Em] time [C] on _ to [D] start.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, _ _ [C] do you feel the daybreak [E] on my face?
_ There's a blood that's flowing [F#m] through the sealing, _ [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking [D] backwards, half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] _
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will [E] never change.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ _ [C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m]
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something [E] that will never change.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, _ _ [C] do you feel the [Am] daybreak on [E] my face?
_ There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the peeling, _ [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#m] done a long time, _ [C] _ laughs, [E] and says I find ways.
_ Just when we're [F#] sheltered under paper, _ [C] the rocket emblem [E] that I sighed and raised.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] _
rearranged.
[C] In the back wall they're [D] swerving, there's something that will never [F] change.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] Now maybe [E] I'm _ _ [C] fine, _ _ _ [D] goodbye, _ _ [A] roll _ [E] the _ [Em] time [C] on _ to [D] start.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] And when I wake up [F#] in the morning, _ _ [C] do you feel the daybreak [E] on my face?
_ There's a blood that's flowing [F#m] through the sealing, _ [C] with a knife to open [E] up the sky's veins.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ [C] You stand there looking [D] backwards, half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m] _
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something that will [E] never change.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
_ _ [C] You stand there looking backwards, [D] half unconscious from the pain, [E] and they seem _ [C#m]
rearranged.
_ [C] In the back wall they're swerving, [D] there's something [E] that will never change.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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