Backfire
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C#m A
Salvatore you can def be
My baby blue
Ab7 F#7
Be my Mafiosi rock n´roll high
C#m
Back to Malibu
A
In our trailer park for two
Ab7
We're like Sid and Nancy
F#7
Loved in the fight
A
We got a jumper
got a jumper
got a jumper
got a junk on
Ab7
My man's crazy and his mind isn't right
A
But I like him - fact, I love him
I can't get e-enough of him
Ab7
He knows only I can save him tonight
C#m
I've been waiting on your love
E
Baby, for too long now
B
too long now
C#m
I thought that I could change you like the others
E
but I don't know how
F#
don't know how
A
It's gonna backfire
E
It's gonna backfire, baby
A
gonna backfire
E
gonna backfire, baby
F#
Told you one million times before
Ab
Yes, I'll run for it a million more
C#m
Tired of fighting you
A
Seems like everything I do
Ab7 F#7
Even when I win, I lose wit' you, man
C#m
And it's not something you choose
A
You say trouble follows you
Ab7 F#7
It's been like that since the day you began
A
We've got a jumper
got a jumper
got a jumper
got a jumper
Ab7
I know very well you're bringing me down
A
I will follow, I will follow
For a little piece of heaven
Ab7
I am ready, I am willing to drown
C#m
I've been waiting on your love
E
Baby, for too long now
B
too long now
C#m
I thought that I could change you like the others
E
but I don't know how
F#
don't know how
A
It's gonna backfire
E
It's gonna backfire, baby
A
gonna backfire
E
gonna backfire, baby
F#
We've done it a million times before
Ab
Yes, I'll run for it a million more
B A
We're always taking trips downtown
B A
Officer Brown's always coming around
Abm
Tappin' on our windows
A
"Kids, come out
B
Ain't no way to live
Let me show you how"
(B)
'But we know we're not gonna change
Keep hustlin' every night and day
C#m
I've been waiting on your love
E
Baby, for too long now
B
too long now
C#m
I thought that I could change you like the others
E
but I don't know how
F#
don't know how
A
It's gonna backfire
E
It's gonna backfire, baby
A
gonna backfire
E
gonna backfire, baby
F#
Done it a million a million times before
Ab C#m (let it ring)
And I'll run for it a million more
How to play Backfire
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C#m. 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.