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YOUR BACKYARD
Burton Cummings
Transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)
Intro: G
|------------------|
|------------------| This quick little riff is
|------------------| played during the last two
|------------5-----| bars of the intro.
|------------------|
|--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
|---------------------|
|---------------------| Use the same pattern for all
|---------------------| the other power chords.
|---------------------|
|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
|--3--3----3--3-------|
Here are the positions for each of the power chords:
G C D A E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------5------7------------------------|
|---5------3------5------7------2----------|
|---3--------------------5------0----------|
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Comments, corrections: s_garner@hotmail.com
