Chords for The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (Official Soul Train Video)
Tempo:
124.1 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
Cm
Ab
Fm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Ab] [Gm] [Fm]
[G]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Ab] [Gm] [Fm]
[G] What they [Eb] do [C] is nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take [Ab] your place, the [Gm] [Ab] backstabbers.
[G]
[Cm] Backstabbers, they're nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] [Fm] backstabbers.
[G]
Backstabbers.
[Cm] All you fellas [C] who have some [Cm] more, and you [F] really care, yeah.
[Cm] Then it's all [C] [Eb] of us who's better, [F] yeah, [C] yeah.
[Eb] So ladies, [Ab] I hope you get your lady.
[Bb] A few of your buddies, they sure look [Eb]
shady.
[Ab] What's right in their face, [Fm] aiming straight at you,
[G] they'll make their mess.
What [Eb] they do [Cm] is smiling in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, [Gm] the [Fm] backstabbers.
[G] Backstabbers.
I [Cm] keep getting [C] all these visits [Eb] from my [F] friends, yeah.
What [Cm] are you doing to me?
[C] They [Cm] come again and [F] again and again and again, [C] yeah.
[Eb] So why are they there [Ab] to see my woman?
[Fm] I don't even be home, and they just keep [Eb] on coming.
What can I [Ab] do to get on the right track?
[Fm] I wish they'd make some [G] of these lines up.
What [Cm] they do is smiling in your face.
[Gm] All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] [Fm] backstabbers.
[B]
Backstabbers.
[Cm] Oh, oh, [Bb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Look [Ab] down, [Gm] [Fm] dirty.
[G] What [Cm] they do is smiling in your [Gm] face.
Smiling faces, [Ab] smiling [Gm] faces [Fm] sometimes.
[B]
Backstabbers, [Cm] they're smiling in your [Gm] face.
I'm only, [Ab] [Gm] look [Fm] down, [G] dirty.
[Cm] Backstabbers, smiling in your [Gm] face.
Backstabbers.
[Eb]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Ab] [Gm] [Fm]
[G]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Ab] [Gm] [Fm]
[G] What they [Eb] do [C] is nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take [Ab] your place, the [Gm] [Ab] backstabbers.
[G]
[Cm] Backstabbers, they're nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] [Fm] backstabbers.
[G]
Backstabbers.
[Cm] All you fellas [C] who have some [Cm] more, and you [F] really care, yeah.
[Cm] Then it's all [C] [Eb] of us who's better, [F] yeah, [C] yeah.
[Eb] So ladies, [Ab] I hope you get your lady.
[Bb] A few of your buddies, they sure look [Eb]
shady.
[Ab] What's right in their face, [Fm] aiming straight at you,
[G] they'll make their mess.
What [Eb] they do [Cm] is smiling in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, [Gm] the [Fm] backstabbers.
[G] Backstabbers.
I [Cm] keep getting [C] all these visits [Eb] from my [F] friends, yeah.
What [Cm] are you doing to me?
[C] They [Cm] come again and [F] again and again and again, [C] yeah.
[Eb] So why are they there [Ab] to see my woman?
[Fm] I don't even be home, and they just keep [Eb] on coming.
What can I [Ab] do to get on the right track?
[Fm] I wish they'd make some [G] of these lines up.
What [Cm] they do is smiling in your face.
[Gm] All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] [Fm] backstabbers.
[B]
Backstabbers.
[Cm] Oh, oh, [Bb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Look [Ab] down, [Gm] [Fm] dirty.
[G] What [Cm] they do is smiling in your [Gm] face.
Smiling faces, [Ab] smiling [Gm] faces [Fm] sometimes.
[B]
Backstabbers, [Cm] they're smiling in your [Gm] face.
I'm only, [Ab] [Gm] look [Fm] down, [G] dirty.
[Cm] Backstabbers, smiling in your [Gm] face.
Backstabbers.
Key:
Gm
Cm
Ab
Fm
Eb
Gm
Cm
Ab
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ What they [Eb] do [C] is nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take [Ab] your place, the [Gm] _ [Ab] backstabbers.
[G] _ _
[Cm] Backstabbers, they're nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] [Fm] backstabbers.
_ [G] _
Backstabbers.
[Cm] All you fellas [C] who have some [Cm] more, and you [F] really care, yeah. _ _ _
[Cm] Then it's all _ [C] _ [Eb] of us who's better, [F] _ yeah, _ _ [C] yeah.
_ [Eb] So ladies, [Ab] I hope you get your lady.
[Bb] A few of your buddies, they sure look [Eb]
shady.
_ _ _ [Ab] What's right in their face, [Fm] aiming straight at you,
_ [G] _ they'll make their mess.
What [Eb] they do [Cm] is smiling in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, [Gm] the [Fm] backstabbers.
_ [G] _ Backstabbers.
I [Cm] keep getting [C] all these visits [Eb] from my [F] friends, yeah.
What [Cm] are you doing to me?
[C] They [Cm] come _ _ _ _ again and [F] again and again and again, [C] yeah.
_ _ [Eb] So why are they there [Ab] to see my woman?
[Fm] I don't even be home, and they just keep [Eb] on coming.
What can I [Ab] do to get on the right track?
[Fm] I wish they'd make some [G] of these lines up.
_ What [Cm] they do is smiling in your face.
[Gm] All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] _ [Fm] backstabbers.
_ [B] _
Backstabbers.
[Cm] Oh, _ _ oh, _ [Bb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. _ _ _
Look [Ab] down, [Gm] _ [Fm] dirty. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ What [Cm] they do is smiling in your [Gm] face.
Smiling faces, _ [Ab] smiling [Gm] faces [Fm] sometimes.
[B] _
Backstabbers, [Cm] they're smiling in your [Gm] face.
I'm only, [Ab] _ [Gm] look [Fm] down, [G] dirty. _
[Cm] Backstabbers, smiling in your [Gm] face.
Backstabbers.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ What they [Eb] do [C] is nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take [Ab] your place, the [Gm] _ [Ab] backstabbers.
[G] _ _
[Cm] Backstabbers, they're nodding in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] [Fm] backstabbers.
_ [G] _
Backstabbers.
[Cm] All you fellas [C] who have some [Cm] more, and you [F] really care, yeah. _ _ _
[Cm] Then it's all _ [C] _ [Eb] of us who's better, [F] _ yeah, _ _ [C] yeah.
_ [Eb] So ladies, [Ab] I hope you get your lady.
[Bb] A few of your buddies, they sure look [Eb]
shady.
_ _ _ [Ab] What's right in their face, [Fm] aiming straight at you,
_ [G] _ they'll make their mess.
What [Eb] they do [Cm] is smiling in your [Gm] face.
All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, [Gm] the [Fm] backstabbers.
_ [G] _ Backstabbers.
I [Cm] keep getting [C] all these visits [Eb] from my [F] friends, yeah.
What [Cm] are you doing to me?
[C] They [Cm] come _ _ _ _ again and [F] again and again and again, [C] yeah.
_ _ [Eb] So why are they there [Ab] to see my woman?
[Fm] I don't even be home, and they just keep [Eb] on coming.
What can I [Ab] do to get on the right track?
[Fm] I wish they'd make some [G] of these lines up.
_ What [Cm] they do is smiling in your face.
[Gm] All the time they want to take your [Ab] place, the [Gm] _ [Fm] backstabbers.
_ [B] _
Backstabbers.
[Cm] Oh, _ _ oh, _ [Bb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. _ _ _
Look [Ab] down, [Gm] _ [Fm] dirty. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ What [Cm] they do is smiling in your [Gm] face.
Smiling faces, _ [Ab] smiling [Gm] faces [Fm] sometimes.
[B] _
Backstabbers, [Cm] they're smiling in your [Gm] face.
I'm only, [Ab] _ [Gm] look [Fm] down, [G] dirty. _
[Cm] Backstabbers, smiling in your [Gm] face.
Backstabbers.