Backseat
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Intro
Am E7 Am E7
Am Am7 E7sus4 E7(b9)
E7 E7sus4
[Verso 1]
C
C G/B Am7
Tangled up in knots
Am7/G F Bm7(b5) E
Feeling lost in this uncertainity
Am Am7/G
Frustated
C/G C G/B Am7 Am7/G Fsus2 Bm7(b5) E7
Caught in twists of this life complexity
Am
Thrown myself in the backseat since forever
Am
Been riding the roller-coaster of insanity
Am
My soul is craving for peace
Bm7(b5) E7
It's getting hard to breathe
Dm7
Suffocating in the grip of my shattered dreams
Am
Chasing rainbows, drowning in shattered moonbeams
Fsus2 Bm7(b5) E7
Tears streaming down, I'm searching for reason why
Am
I'm breaking free
F
From this chains
C
No matter how hard it gets
Bm7(b5) E7
I gotta keep on mo—----ving
Am
You can't take
F
My life away
C
I just wanna be free
Bm7(b5) E7 Am
Please set me free, let me be me
Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am
[Verso 2]
Am
Barely survive
Fsus2 Bm7(b5) E7
In this ocean of in—consis—-tency
Am F G C
I'm the emotional storm
G/B Am Am7/G F Bm7(b5) E7
Lo—-nging for simplicity
Am
Thrown myself in the backseat since forever
Am
I'm drowning in the ocean of my own frustation
Am
In the darkness, I lost my way
Bm7(b5) E7
Those laughs keep echo—-ing
Dm7
Suffocating in the grip of my shattered dreams
Am
Chasing rainbows, drowning in shattered moonbeams
Fsus2 Bm7(b5) E7
No one to blame, but me, myself and I
Am
I'm breaking free
F
From this chains
C
No matter how hard it gets
Bm7(b5) E7
I gotta keep on mo—----ving
Am
You can't take
F
My life away
C
I just wanna be free
Bm7(b5) E7 Dm7
Please set me free, let me be me
G C
Break
Fsus2 Bm7(b5) E7 AM A7
Set me free
Outro
Dm7 G
Tears streaming down
C Fsus2
I'm searching for reason why
No one to blame
Bm7(b5) E7
But me, myself and I
Am Am Am Am
Am Am E7 E7(b9) E7 E7/G#
Am
How to play Backseat
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. 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.