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Backwater Chords by Meat Puppets

Backwater chords by Meat Puppets

Guitar 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 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
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E5			F#5
And when I wake up in ...
C5			    E5
To feel the daybreak....
E5					   F#5
There's a blood that's ...
	C5	   		  E5
With a knife ...

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

And when I shoulda' been ....

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

	F-G	C	B
		Hey...I'm ....
		D
		Good...
		C	B
		Roll ....
		D
		On whose ....

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

And when I wake up in the ....

	-Solo outro-



Chords

E   -0-   C#m   -4-   E5  ---   F#5  ---   C5  ---
    -0-         -5-       ---        ---       ---
    -1-         -6-       ---        ---       ---
    -2-         -6-       ---        ---       -5-
    -2-         -4-       -2-        -4-       -3-
    -0-         ---       -0-        -2-       ---

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

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

F
-------------8--------
----------10---10-----
-------10---------10--
----10----------------
--8-------------------
----------------------

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

B
----------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 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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