Light Of My Back Door
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Em C D Em x2
[Verse]
Em
She knocked at my back door
C
Must've been about three AM
D
Rain-soaked hair and a bag of clothes
Em
"Can you let me in?"
Em
He's done it once again
C
I just can't take no more
D
The chain came off, she walked on in
Em
Through the light of my back door
Em C D Em x2
[Verse]
Em
Ain't no mistakin'
C
A story plain to see
D
A bloody nose and a purple eye
Em
And a cut across her cheek
Em
She couldn't take it
C
So she buckled to the floor
D
Head in hands, she cursed his name
Em
In the light of my back door
Em C D Em x2
[Verse]
Em
Didn't know how to comfort her
C
Was there really any way?
D
So I knelt down beside her there
Em
Without a single word to say
Em
She cried to heaven
C
And the child that Mary bore
D
So I wrapped my arms around her
Em
In the light of my back door
Em C D Em x2
[Bridge]
Em
Squealin' brakes and a slamming door
C
Well he yelled up from the street
D
Dammit girl, you better get on home
Em
"Do you think you can hide from me?"
Em
I heard him crawling up the stairs
C
I grabbed my knife from my kitchen drawer
D
Stood there like a man possessed
Em
In the light of my back door
Em
Face to face I stared him down
C
The blade flashed in the light
D
"Do you think you can take me boy?"
Em
"Do you think that you'll win this fight?"
Em
My mind went blank and my eyes saw red
C
I couldn't feel my legs no more
D
I lunged and pushed the knife in his chest
Em
In the light of my back door
Em C D Em x8
[Verse]
Em
I stood there and watched him bleed
C
A dog's life slipped away
D
Ain't a man who lays a hand on a
Em
Woman anyway
Em
I felt a comfort
C
A peace I ain't felt before
D
Watchin' my old daddy die
Em
In the light of my back door
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