YOUR BACKYARD
Burton Cummings
Transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)
Intro: G
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|------------------| This quick little riff is
|------------------| played during the last two
|------------5-----| bars of the intro.
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|--3h5--6h7--------|
Verse 1:
G
I wrote you long love letters
C G
Mama, I sent `em on day by day
D
I need you now even more than I did before
G
But as I`m lookin` here`s your daddy
C G
Comin` with a big ol` shotgun too
D G C G
My lovin` situation lookin` mighty poor
Chorus 1:
G
So if you`re really wonderin`
C G
What I`m doin` in your backyard
D
I told you baby, I`d beat it home so soon
G
But if you`re really worried
C G
About what I`m doin` in your backyard
D G C G
Come out later, I`ll show you by the light of the moon.
Verse 2:
G
I had some dreams and fortunes ready
C G
Mama, I got carried away
D
And lookin` back even more than I did before
G
But as I`m keepin` creepin` hidin` and sleepin`
C G
There`s your daddy with the shotgun too
D G C G
My lovin` situation ain`t nothin` but poor
Chorus 2:
G
So if you`re really worried
C G
`Bout what I`m doin` in your backyard
D
I told you baby, I was beatin` it home so soon
G
But if you`re really worried
C G
About what I`m doin` in your backyard
D G C G
C`mon out later, I`ll show you by the light of the moon
(THE SONG CHANGES KEY AT THIS POINT)
(piano and guitar solos over these chords):
A D A E
A D A E
A D A
Verse 3:
N.C.
Baby thinkin` bout it
A
Really might be wonderin` why I`m standin` here cryin`
D A
Honey lookin` in your backyard
E
You worry `bout nothin`, you got nothin` on your mind but me
A
But as I`m layin` on my back about
D A
Thinkin` bout summertime, gettin` back all the way
E A D A
Everything I see, honey remindin` me
Verse 4:
A
C`mon get your lovin` man
D A
C`mon and get him while he`s hot, get him on the run
E
Baby hear you`re lookin` but really too blind to see, ho hey
A
Whatcha gonna think about a wham-bam thank-you ma`am
D A
Where you goin` on the wildwood trail
E A D A
Everything I see, honey remindin` me
Chorus 3:
A
Baby might be thinkin` bout a-really livin` back
D A
Layin` back, standin` in your backyard
E
I told you baby, I was beatin` it home so soon
A
If you`re really wonderin`
D A
What I`m doin` in your backyard
E A D A
C`mon out later babe, show you by the light of the moon
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PERFORMANCE NOTES:
The main instrument in this song is actually a piano,
so the chords listed above are actually what the piano
is playing. The guitar plays a steady riff of power
chords throughout the song in this type of pattern:
G
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|---------------------| Use the same pattern for all
|---------------------| the other power chords.
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|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
|--3--3----3--3-------|
Here are the positions for each of the power chords:
G C D A E
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|----------5------7------------------------|
|---5------3------5------7------2----------|
|---3--------------------5------0----------|
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