Backwards Women Chords & Lyrics - The Jayhawks

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Key: E Major
Main Chords: A, B, E, F#m, G#m
Total Chords Used: 6
Difficulty:
  • 🎸 Guitar: Medium
  • 🎶 Ukulele: Medium
  • 🎹 Piano: Medium
Language: English
 
[INTRO]
| A | A | E | E | A | A | E | E |

[VERSE]
|A |A |A |E | E |
... When you're down crawlin' out your window ...
|A |A |E |B |
... And you can't seem to stay in one place ...
|B |F#m |F#m |B |
.. We've been thinkin' . 'bout better days ...
|B |F#m |F#m |B | B |
.. We've been drinkin', . smiles away ...

[CHORUS]
|E |A G#m |F#m |B |
. I ... .... . I don't wanna love you but I'll
|E |A G#m |F#m |B |A |
Try ... .... Try to stay away from you next time ...

| A | E | E |
(Riff)

[VERSE]
[A] ... I love backwards [E]women
[A] ... In the pool halls under[E]neath the neon [B]sun
[B] .. I've been [F#m]wasted, on the [B]run
[B] .. I've been [F#m]chasin' troubled [B]ones

[CHORUS]
[E] . I ... [A] ...[G#m] . [F#m] . I don't wanna [B]love you but I'll
[E]Try ... [A] ...[G#m] . [F#m]Try to stay a[B]way from you next [A]time ...

| A | E | E | A | A |
(Riff) (Riff)

[BRIDGE]
|C#m |D |A |E |
... Every street sign says, "Stop, turn around"
|C#m |D |A |E |
... I can't help myself even though it runs me down .. hey

[BREAK]
| [D] [A] | E | D A | E | D A | E | D A | [E] |

[VERSE]
[A] ... Yesterday, show your face, guess t[E]o borrow
(Lyric?)
[A] ... There's a weight that drags you [E]down across the [B]floor

[CHORUS]
[E] . I ... [A] ...[G#m] . [F#m] . I don't wanna [B]love you but I'll
[E]Try ... [A] ...[G#m] . [F#m]Try to stay a[B]way from you, but
[E] . I ... [A] ...[G#m] . [F#m] . I don't wanna [B]love you but I'll
[E]Try ... [A] ...[G#m] . [F#m]Try to stay a[B]way from you next [A]time

| [A] | [E] |
(Riff)

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