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

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[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.
[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.
100% ➙ 122BPM
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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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