Better Back Off chords by Marshall Crenshaw

Chords with lyrics

Key: A augmentedA

Intro:
A augmentedA    D MajorD  A augmentedA   E MajorE    A augmentedA  E MajorE x2

Verse 1:
E MajorE    A augmentedA      D MajorD  A augmentedA    E MajorE  A augmentedA  E MajorE
Well you can’t always get what you want
    F# minorF#m     D MajorD  E MajorE    G+G D MajorD
No, you can’t always get what you need
D MajorD      G+G  D MajorD    C# minorC#m     F# minorF#m
Sometime you lose what you thought you had
       G+G    B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Now that’s a real bad deal indeed

Verse 2:
        A augmentedA    D MajorD  A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA  E MajorE
But when you’re angry at life itself
F# minorF#m   D MajorD  E MajorE  G+G D MajorD
Having a bad, bad day
D MajorD        G+G  D MajorD C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m
Don’t judge yourself so brutally
    G+G         B minorBm    F# minorF#m  A augmentedA
I can’t stand it when you talk that way

Chorus:
  E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Oh baby, baby
    C# minorC#m       D MajorD
Better back off of that stuff
       E MajorE
You’d better take it slow
 D MajorD
I know you know
      F# minorF#m      D MajorD     E MajorE
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love

Verse 3:
    A augmentedA     D MajorD   A augmentedA E MajorE   A augmentedA  E MajorE
Did you say what I think I heard
    F# minorF#m     D MajorD   E MajorE  G+G  D MajorD
Did you mean what I think you said
D MajorD       G+G D MajorD C# minorC#m    F# minorF#m
Why don’t you redirect your rage
   G+G    D MajorD   B minorBm
Onto somebody else instead

Verse 4:
    A augmentedA      D MajorD   A augmentedA  E MajorE  A augmentedA  E MajorE
Now we all have to cross that line
    F# minorF#m    D MajorD A augmentedA G+G  D MajorD
Between sorrow and happiness
D MajorD     G+G  D MajorD  C# minorC#m   F# minorF#m
Come over here and take my hand
     G+G       B minorBm   F# minorF#m  A augmentedA
Won’t you please give us both a rest?

Chorus:
  E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Oh baby, baby
    C# minorC#m       D MajorD
Better back off of that stuff
       E MajorE
You’d better take it slow
 D MajorD
I know you know
      B minorBm      D MajorD     E MajorE
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love
A augmentedA E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Oh baby, baby
C# minorC#m     D MajorD
I’ve heard enough
D MajorD         E MajorE
‘Cause I know you will come through
    D MajorD
And you know it too
    F# minorF#m      D MajorD     E MajorE
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love
       F# minorF#m      D MajorD     E MajorE
Yeah, you’re talking ‘bout someone I love

Solo:
E MajorE    E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD    D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA     A augmentedA A augmentedA  E MajorE / A augmentedA / E MajorE / A augmentedA / E MajorE / A augmentedA x4

E MajorE / A augmentedA / E MajorE / A augmentedA / E MajorE / A augmentedA x3
E MajorE / A augmentedA / E MajorE / A augmentedA / E MajorE

BB    E MajorE  BB   F#F#    BB  F#F#
G# minorG#m   E MajorE  BB     A augmentedA     E MajorE
E    A augmentedA  E MajorE  F9F9   G# minorG#m
E MajorE     C# minorC#m     F# minorF#m    A augmentedA

Chorus:
  E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Oh baby, baby
    Cm6Cm6       D MajorD
Better back off of that stuff
       E MajorE
You’d better take it slow
 D MajorD
I know you know
      B minorBm      D MajorD     E MajorE
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love
  E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Oh baby, baby
Cm6Cm6    D MajorD
I’ve heard enough
         E MajorE
‘Cause I know you will come through
    D MajorD
And you know it too
    B minorBm      D MajorD     A augmentedA
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love
    B minorBm      D MajorD     A augmentedA
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love
    B minorBm      D MajorD     A augmentedA
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love

(Fade Out)