Backwater Tab

Backwater
Status Quo
 
 
Guitar Intro:
 
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--|
D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--|
A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-|
D|---7---7----------------------------------------|
A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--|
D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--|
A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-|
D|---7---7----------------------------------------|
A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
With the band:
 
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---7------------------7---7----------------|
A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------5--|
B|-------------------------------------------------5--|
G|-------------------------------------------------6--|
D|---7---7------------------7---7------------------7--|
A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9--7-9-7-5-7-5---7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------7-5--|
 
   B   A/B                    B
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-4---2---2---2--2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4----| Until the
G|-4----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4--..etc| drums break
D|-4-----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4------| in
A|-2-2----------2-----------2-----------2--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
  Francis' boogie guitar in B:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-|
E|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------|
 
  Francis' boogie guitar in E:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-|
A|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
 Rick plays his guitar like what is shown under.
 To get the correct rhythm count one bar like
 |one-and-two-and-three-and-four-and| where Rick strikes
 his chord on each "and" mentioned in a bar.  Also
 move your plectrum from down and up while hitting the strings.
 The '&'s mark the 4 beats in each bar.
 
   in B:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|
G|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-| etc...
D|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
   in E:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|
G|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-| etc...
D|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
Verses:
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B
Down at Backwater junction
 
Rolling down the line
 
In the dark early morning
 
I heard the one-forty-nine
       E
I was walking down the highway
                      D-E-D-
Needed somewhere to go
   B
A lady laid beside me
 
And she invited me home
            A
She led me cold, tired and hungry
E                   B
Down the backwater road
 
B
In a house on the corner
 
looking over the track
 
I woke up with a fever
 
And a pain in my back
         E
She was lying there beside me
                        D-E-D-
My fever started to grow
B
Had a funny feeling
 
But the lady said no
     A
The lover needs a doctor
E                   D   (D-D-D-D)
Down the Backwater Road
 
|A/B-B--|D\B-B--|A--D--|D\B-B--|  (played twice)
 
B
Whatcha lookin' for
Whatcha lookin' for
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--7--5----7----9---7---7----5----------|
E|-----------------------------------7--5/7--|
  Lady do you know what you are lookin' for
 
Was I wrong to play along
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--7--5----7----7--9-7--5---------------|
E|------------------------------7--5/7-------|
   Lady was I right or lady was I wrong
 
 
Guitar Solo:
   A                          C#
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-16b18-16b18-16h14\13-16-14\13--|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
                  D
e|-14b16-14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
   E                     A
e|-12-12-------------------------------------|
B|-------14-12-12-14-12----------------------|
G|----------------------14-14-14h16p14-16-14-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
   C#                      D
e|----------------------14b16-14-12-14b16-14-12-|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13h14p13-14-13-------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
 
   E
e|-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-14-------|
B|----------------------------------17-14-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
    A           C#          D        E
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-12-10-12--10-10--9-10--9-9--7-9-7-10-9-10-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
     A                  C#
e|-----------------12-----------------13|
B|--14-13-14-13-14-----14-13-14-13-14---|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
   D                       E
e|----------------14--14-17b19-17-14-------|
B|-14-13-14-13-14--------------------17-14-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
          A                      C#
e|----------------------12----------------------13|
B|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14----14-14-14-13-14-13-14---|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
          D                    Dm
e|----------------------14--14-17-17-14-------------|
B|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-----------------17-14-------|
G|--------------------------------------------16-14-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
         A                              E
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------17b19-17-14-|
G|----16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14-------------|
D|-16-------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
 
                           D                                   A
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16-14----14h16r14----16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14|
D|-------16----------16------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-16-14-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
 
B
Backwater doctor
You've got me breathing in time
It's ten-thirty in the morning
And I'm feeling alright
I went back to my lady
But I wasn't to know
Lady left this morning
And she's not coming home
 
I was cold when she left me
Down the Backwater Road
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