Chords for Meat Puppets - Backwater on Late Night 1994
Tempo:
121.7 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] I feel a daybreak [E] on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling.
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem pretty [C#m] reckless.
[C] With a backward split, [D] there is something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#] gone a long [C] time,
we'd laugh, and [E] since I finally
just when we should have turned [F#] on the paper,
[C] the rocket will [E] let us fly and blaze.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the [A] pain.
[E] [C#m] In the rain, [C] in the backwaters [D] swirling,
there is something that will never [F] change.
[G]
[A] The pain [E] of my [C] burning [D] good.
[A] Long, [E] goodbye.
[C] [D]
[Em] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D] [E]
[G#]
[D] [C] [D]
[Em] And [E] when I wake [F#] up in the morning,
[C] I feel a [E] daybreak on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling.
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is
[E] something [C#m] that will never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] [C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is something that will never [E] change.
[C#m] [C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D] [E]
[C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Bm] [A] [E]
[B]
[G#m]
[N]
[C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] And when I wake up in [F#] the morning,
[C] I feel a daybreak [E] on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling.
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem pretty [C#m] reckless.
[C] With a backward split, [D] there is something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#] gone a long [C] time,
we'd laugh, and [E] since I finally
just when we should have turned [F#] on the paper,
[C] the rocket will [E] let us fly and blaze.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the [A] pain.
[E] [C#m] In the rain, [C] in the backwaters [D] swirling,
there is something that will never [F] change.
[G]
[A] The pain [E] of my [C] burning [D] good.
[A] Long, [E] goodbye.
[C] [D]
[Em] [E] [C#m]
[C] [D] [E]
[G#]
[D] [C] [D]
[Em] And [E] when I wake [F#] up in the morning,
[C] I feel a [E] daybreak on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling.
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem [C#m]
rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is
[E] something [C#m] that will never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] [C#m] rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is something that will never [E] change.
[C#m] [C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D] [E]
[C#m]
[C] [D]
[E] [C#m]
[C] [D]
[Bm] [A] [E]
[B]
[G#m]
[N]
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] _ I feel a daybreak [E] on my face. _
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling.
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
_ Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem pretty [C#m] reckless. _
[C] With a backward split, [D] there is something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#] gone a long [C] time,
we'd laugh, and [E] since I finally _
_ just when we should have turned [F#] on the paper, _
[C] the rocket will [E] let us fly and blaze.
Some things will [C#m] never change. _
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the [A] pain.
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] In the rain, _ [C] in the backwaters [D] swirling,
there is something that will never [F] _ change.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] The pain [E] of my _ _ [C] burning _ [D] good. _ _
_ _ [A] Long, _ [E] _ goodbye.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] And [E] when I wake [F#] up in the morning, _
_ [C] I feel a [E] daybreak on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling. _
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem _ [C#m] _ _
rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is _ _
[E] _ _ _ something [C#m] that will never change. _
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is something that will never [E] change.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [E] And when I wake up in [F#] the morning, _
[C] _ I feel a daybreak [E] on my face. _
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling.
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
_ Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem pretty [C#m] reckless. _
[C] With a backward split, [D] there is something that will never [E] change.
And when I should have been [F#] gone a long [C] time,
we'd laugh, and [E] since I finally _
_ just when we should have turned [F#] on the paper, _
[C] the rocket will [E] let us fly and blaze.
Some things will [C#m] never change. _
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the [A] pain.
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] In the rain, _ [C] in the backwaters [D] swirling,
there is something that will never [F] _ change.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] The pain [E] of my _ _ [C] burning _ [D] good. _ _
_ _ [A] Long, _ [E] _ goodbye.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] And [E] when I wake [F#] up in the morning, _
_ [C] I feel a [E] daybreak on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing [F#] through the feeling. _
[C] With a knife we'll open [E] up the sky's pain.
Some things will [C#m] never change.
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] They may seem _ [C#m] _ _
rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is _ _
[E] _ _ _ something [C#m] that will never change. _
[C] They just stand there looking backward, [D] not conscious of the pain.
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ rearranged.
[C] In the backwaters [D] swirling, there is something that will never [E] change.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _