Backwards Women chords by The Jayhawks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

Intro:
| A | A | E | E | A | A | E | E |

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

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

| A    | E | E |
 (Riff)

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

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

| A    | E | E | A | A    |
 (Riff)             (Riff)

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

Break:
| D A | E | D A | E | D A | E | D A | E |

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

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

| A    | E  |
 (Riff)

Charted by Dexex
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