Talk Backwards chords by Steve Goodman

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

D9/F# = 200210

Intro:
C majorC C7C7 FF D9/F#
C majorC C7C7 FF D9/F#
C majorC C7C7 FF D7D7 G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC    C7C7    FF    D9/F#
Hey everybody wherever you are
       C majorC     C7C7        FF    D9/F#
They've got a new way of talking and it's gonna go far
       C majorC       C7C7   FF       D9/F#
You take the letters in the words, turn 'em all around
    C majorC    C7C7    FF       D9/F#
Say the last one first and check out the sound

Chorus:
   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk Backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE

Verse 2:
 C majorC        C7C7        FF   D9/F#
I know what you're thinking, it sure sounds strange
      C majorC     C7C7       FF    D9/F#
You talked forward so long that it's hard to change
     C majorC     C7C7       FF    D9/F#
But it's just like metric once you get the drift
  C majorC     C7C7          FF    D9/F#
You twist your tongue and give your palate a lift

Verse 3:
       C majorC    C7C7   FF       D9/F#
You take your favorite phrase, read it in the mirror
C majorC    C7C7      FF   D9/F#
Practice that about a half a year
     C majorC     C7C7     FF   D9/F#
And then sdrawkcab gnikiat mI em ta kool
     C majorC    C7C7   FF      D9/F#
You're a regular talking bassackwards fool

Chorus:
   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
C majorC C7C7 FF D9/F# G+G C majorC

Verse 4:
C majorC    C7C7      FF      D9/F#
Talking backwards is sweeping the nation
C majorC    C7C7        FF   D9/F#
Talking backwards is the new sensation
   C majorC     C7C7        FF    D9/F#
You amaze your friends when you start to rap
     C majorC    C7C7     FF     D9/F#
Don't say pass the butter, say rettub eht ssap
C majorC     C7C7  FF     D9/F#
Rettub eht ssap? Rettub eht ssap

Verse 5:
       C majorC     C7C7        FF     D9/F#
And if you're out with a girl and she's a little bit shy
     C majorC   C7C7    FF    D9/F#
Don't say I love you; say Uoy evol I
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uoy evol I and I always will
   C majorC      C7C7      FF    D9/F#
Now, see if that doesn't take off the chill

Chorus:
   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk Backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
C majorC C7C7 FF D9/F# G+G C majorC

Verse 6:
  C majorC   C7C7    FF        D9/F#
The other day I was walking down the street
C majorC          C7C7         FF    D9/F#
There's this little girl I thought I'd like to meet
     C majorC    C7C7     FF      D9/F#
I said excuse me, Miss, sserd taht teg uoy erehw
C majorC    C7C7    FF    D9/F#
zert dat tat tat diggie roy srat see milly ra
C majorC    C7C7    FF    D9/F#
eedie roy tes too dong dee bet
      C majorC  C7C7   FF       D9/F#
And I said am I getting through to you yet?
     C majorC    C7C7     FF    D9/F#
She said you're a gent in the first degree
   C majorC      C7C7    FF      D9/F#
And I love it when you talk backwards to me

Chorus:
   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
C majorC C7C7 FF D9/F# G+G C majorC

Verse 5:
  C majorC     C7C7    FF     D9/F#
You never can tell, but one of the nights
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Those who talk backwards will demand their rights
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They'll rise up angry and get a solution
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In the form of an amendment to the constitution
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That guarantees 'em freedom of reverse elocution
     C majorC   C7C7  FF     D9/F#
And then every T.V. show that airs
   C majorC     C7C7        FF     D9/F#
Will have to be captioned for the forward impaired

Chorus:
   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE

Outro:
   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE

   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE

   A minorAm     G+G FF E MajorE
Talk backwards

A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE

C majorC C7C7 FF D9/F# G7G7 C majorC