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Backwater

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----| Untill the 
G|-4----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4--..etc| drums breaks 
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 rhytme 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 marks the 4 flats 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 
Bad 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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