Backwards Women chords by The Jayhawks

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Backwards Women (The Jayhawks)
from Back Roads and Abandoned Motels (2018)

Intro:
| A augmentedA | A augmentedA | E MajorE | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA | E MajorE | E MajorE |

Verse:
|A augmentedA       |A augmentedA      |A augmentedA    |E MajorE     | E MajorE |
 ... When you're down crawlin' out your window ...
|A augmentedA     |A augmentedA      |E MajorE     |BB     |
 ... And you can't seem to stay in one place ...
|BB      |F# minorF#m   |F# minorF#m      |BB    |
 .. We've been thinkin' . 'bout better days ...
|BB      |F# minorF#m   |F# minorF#m   |BB    | BB |
 .. We've been drinkin', . smiles away ...

Chorus:
|E MajorE   |A augmentedA G# minorG#m |F# minorF#m      |BB         |
 . I ... ....  . I don't wanna love you but I'll
|E MajorE   |A augmentedA G# minorG#m |F# minorF#m     |BB        |A augmentedA    |
 Try ... ....  Try to stay away from you next time ...

| A augmentedA  | E MajorE | E MajorE |
 (Riff)

Verse:
A augmentedA          E MajorE
... I love backwards women
A augmentedA             E MajorE       BB
... In the pool halls underneath the neon sun
BB      F# minorF#m      BB
.. I've been wasted, on the run
BB      F# minorF#m       BB
.. I've been chasin' troubled ones

Chorus:
E MajorE    A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m       BB
. I ... ....  . I don't wanna love you but I'll
E MajorE    A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m     BB         A augmentedA
Try ... ....  Try to stay away from you next time ...

| A augmentedA  | E MajorE | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA  |
 (Riff)       (Riff)

Bridge:
|C# minorC#m   |D MajorD         |A augmentedA     |E MajorE   |
 ... Every street sign says, "Stop, turn around"
|C# minorC#m    |D MajorD        |A augmentedA        |E MajorE      |
 ... I can't help myself even though it runs me down .. hey

Break:
| D MajorD A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD A augmentedA | E MajorE | D MajorD A augmentedA | E MajorE |

Verse:
A augmentedA                    E MajorE
... Yesterday, show your face, {guess to borrow} (Lyric?)
A augmentedA                  E MajorE        BB
... There's a weight that drags you down across the floor

Chorus:
E MajorE    A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m       BB
. I ... ....  . I don't wanna love you but I'll
E MajorE    A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m     BB
Try ... ....  Try to stay away from you, but
E MajorE    A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m       BB
. I ... ....  . I don't wanna love you but I'll
E MajorE    A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m     BB         A augmentedA
Try ... ....  Try to stay away from you next time

| A augmentedA  | E MajorE |
 (Riff)

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