Backwater chords by Meat Puppets

Chords with lyrics

Here is a general transcription of "Backwater" by Meat puppets. I didn't have
time to nail down the bridge so you'll have to do some interpreting on your own.
(I'll work more on it later). The intro lick that I have transcribed is also
just an approximation of what is played. It's a simple lick in E MajorE major
pentatonic that you should be able to pick out purely by ear. I'll follow up
with more detail in a few days. Meanwhile we can get started on it.

Transcribed by Mike Livengood


			Backwater
					-Meat puppets
Intro (E-C#m-C-D) with solo guitar melody line

Muted dirty guitar

E5E5			F#5F#5
And when I wake up in ...
C5C5			  E5E5
To feel the daybreak....
E5E5					  F#5F#5
There's a blood that's ...
	C5C5	  		 E5E5
With a knife ...

	E MajorE			 C# minorC#m
	Some things.......
		C majorC
	They just stand ....
		D MajorD
	Half .....
	E MajorE		C# minorC#m
	It may seem...re....
		C majorC			  D MajorD
	In the backwater swirling ....

And when I shoulda' been ....

	E MajorE			 C# minorC#m
	Some things...will ....
		C majorC
	They just stand there ....
		D MajorD
	Half unconscious ....
	E MajorE		C# minorC#m
	It may seem.......
		C majorC			  D MajorD
	In the backwater swirling ...

	F-G	C majorC	BB
		Hey...I'm ....
		D MajorD
		Good...
		C majorC	BB
		Roll ....
		D MajorD
		On whose ....

	-Solo-(over E-C#m-C-D)

And when I wake up in the ....

	-Solo outro-

Chords

E MajorE  -0-  C# minorC#m  -4-  E5E5 ---  F#5F#5 ---  C5C5 ---
  -0-     -5-    ---    ---    ---
  -1-     -6-    ---    ---    ---
  -2-     -6-    ---    ---    -5-
  -2-     -4-    -2-    -4-    -3-
  -0-     ---    -0-    -2-    ---

C majorC
----------3------
--------5---5----
------5-------5--
----5------------
--3--------------
-----------------

D MajorD
----------5------
--------7---7----
------7-------7--
----7------------
--5--------------
-----------------

FF
-------------8--------
----------10---10-----
-------10---------10--
----10----------------
--8-------------------
----------------------

G+G
--------------10--------
-----------12----12-----
--------12----------12--
-----12-----------------
--10--------------------
------------------------

BB
----------2------
--------4---4----
------4-------4--
----4------------
--2--------------
-----------------

Intro lick (approx.)

E--------------------------------------------------------------l
B-------------------------12-----------------------------------l
G-----------------11b(12)----12r11--9-11-9---------------9-----l
D---------9-11-9----------------------------11-11--9-11-----11-l
A------9-------------------------------------------------------l
E--/12---------------------------------------------------------l

E---------------------------------------------------l
B---------------------------------------------------l
G-9-11-11b(12)-11b(12)r11-9-11-11b(12)r11-9-11b(12)-l
D---------------------------------------------------l
A---------------------------------------------------l
E---------------------------------------------------l

E MajorE major pentatonic (for reference)

E-----------------------------9--12------
B-----------------------9--12------------
G-----------------9--11------------------
D-----------9--11------------------------
A-----9--11------------------------------
E--12------------------------------------

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