Back Against The Wall Chords

187,908 views, added to favorites 1,675 times

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author FaithfulLemmons [a] 50.

2 contributors total, last edit on Jul 26, 2019

We have an official Back Against The Wall tab made by UG professional guitarists.

Check out the tab

Chords

Strumming

There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Create and get +5 IQ

Back Against The Wall - Cage the Elephant
 
Play the two lowest bass notes and the fourth string of
the chord in the verse as shown in the intro
 
chords: G# 466544
        F# 244322
        F#(9) x9,11,11,11,9 (A shape, ninth fret.)
        B(7) 799877 (E shape, seventh fret)
        B x24442
        C# x46664
 
 
[Intro]
 
    G#     F#  F(9)# C#  B
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------11----6---4-|
G|--5------3---------------|
D|-------------11----6---4-|
A|--6------4---9-----4---2-|
E|--4------2---------------| X2 (listen to song for rythmn)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G#              F#
   Tonight I'll have a look
    F#  C#      B      G#
And try to find my face again
       F#            F#
Buried beneath this house
   C#      B        G#
My spirit screams and dies again
F#         F#
Out back a monster wears
   C#       B         G#
A cloak of persian leather
F#         F#
Behind the TV screen
C#          B        G#
I've fallen to my knees
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
(All chords in the pre-chorus and chorus are downstrokes, with a quick up in between
switching chords. You can hear the rhythm in the song)
 
              G#
I said you've got me where you want me
    B           C#
Again I can't turn away
    G#                      F#                C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like I'll fall
    G#                        B          C#
I'm stuck here in between these shadows of my yesterday
    G#
I want to get away
  F#          C#
I need to get away
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Intro x 1/2
 
G#         F#
   Blanket of silence
F#            C#       B        G#
makes me want to sink my teeth in deep
         F#
Burn all the evidence
  F#  C#    B     G#
of fabricated disbelief
F#            F#      C#        B         G#
Pull back the curtains, take a look into your eyes
 F#           F#        C#           B      G#
My tongue has now become a platform for your lies
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
              G#
I said you've got me where you want me
    B           C#
Again I can't turn away
    G#                      F#                C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like I'll fall
    G#                        B          C#
I'm stuck here in between these shadows of my yesterday
    G#
I want to get away
  F#          C#
I need to get away
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Intro x 1/2
 
G#         F#
Deep in the jungle, 
F#            C#       B        G#
camouflaged by all the fallen leaves
             F#
A hand holds up the sky while,
F#            C#       B        G#
 shamefully, I make my plea
             F#
The altar's calling,
F#            C#       B        G#
 but my legs won't seem to stand
 F#           F#        C#           B
Guess I'm a coward scared to face the man I am
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
              G#
I said you've got me where you want me
    B           C#
Again I can't turn away
    G#                      F#                C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like I'll fall
    G#                        B          C#
I'm stuck here in between these shadows of my yesterday
    G#
I want to get away
  F#          C#
I need to get away
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
 
 
[Solo]
 
(I haven't tabbed this and I'm not sure what scale it's in, so I'll find out
and if someone tabs it or if I work it out I'll put it up as well =D)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
 
 
(End however you like, probably on the G# with a downstroke.)
X

By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ

Create correction

Please rate this tab

Back Against The Wall – Cage the Elephant

How to play

"Back Against The Wall"

Font

Transpose

6 comments

Good tab thanks ! Personnaly don't find it hard to play it x-9-11-x-11-x, and sounds better to me not to play it on the higher string !

Sounds good although I think it is easier to play the other F# like this: x-x-4-6-x-6 instead of: x-9-11-x-11-x this way it's a lot easier to switch to the C#

Just wanted to point out that you forgot the "Deep in the Jungle" verse.