Back Then
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
1st traste
[Verse 1]
Em
You’ve been working too hard
C Ab
You’ve been coming home late
C Em
Just in time to clear your dinner plate
C Ab
And retire to your cave
C Em
I reminisced the other day
C Ab
About the nights we’d wait
C Em
Out by the tracks to watch the freight trains pass
C Ab
After swimming in the lake
C Am
Have I waited too long to try and patch this up
C
Now is it too late?
[Chorus]
Ab Am
I’ve been trying to get through to you
Em
Like I used to
Ab Am
When you smiled at me through the Marlboro smoke
C/E
As you changed my mind
Em C Am
Cause I wanted you more than anything that I ever knew
C
Back then you wanted it too
Eb
Back then you wanted it too
Em |Em Eb |Ab |Ab |
Em |Em C |Ab |Ab
[Verse 2]
Em
Your sister called me on the phone
C Ab
Said she’s worried about you
C/E Em
I said well I don’t know what you want me to do
C Ab
I’m in the same boat too
Em
Baby your wings got clipped
Eb Ab
Somewhere along the line
C/E Em
I used to watch you soaking in the sunlight
C Ab
I’d see the solace in your eyes
C Am
Now have we waited too long to put this house on stilts
C
or have we given up and let the waters rise
[Chorus]
Ab Am
I’ve been trying to get through to you
Em
Like I used to
Ab Am
When you smiled at me through the Marlboro smoke
C/E
As you changed my mind
Em C Am
Cause I wanted you more than anything that I ever knew
C
Back then you wanted it too
Eb
Back then you wanted it too
[Bridge]
C C/E
And I know you’re still inside there somewhere
Ab Eb C/E
I just wish I could bring it on out
C/E
I don’t know when I stopped feeling up for you
Ab Eb Em
Cant put my finger on the source of the doubt
Eb Ab
That consumes you now
C Em
All those evil thoughts have crept on in
C Abx4
And they’ve wiped you out
[Verse 3]
Em
I came home the other night
Eb Ab
You were sitting on the floor
C Em
You said “I’m so sad but I don’t know what for”
Em C |Ab |
Ab Eb Em
I sat down by your side
C
As you started to weep
Am
You said “we’re good on paper but we fail in the streets,
Cx4
and i miss how we used to be.”
[Chorus]
Ab* Am*
I’ve been trying to get through to you
Em*
Like I used to
Ab Am
When you smiled at me through the Marlboro smoke
C
As you changed my mind
Em C Am
Cause I wanted you more than anything that I ever knew
C
Back then you wanted it too
C
Back then you wanted me too
Eb C
Back then you wanted it too
C Ab |C/E* |
How to play Back Then
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.