Backstairs chords by The New Pornographers

Chords with lyrics

(INTRO VERSE: ELO voice and snyths): G# minorG#m
BB            BbmBbm
"Taking the backstairs, taking the back stairs,
G#G#                       G#, G# minorG#m
taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"

BB            BbmBbm
"Taking the backstairs, taking the back stairs,
G#G#
taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"


(VERSE:)
G#G#             G# minorG#m
Before I knew, to chose the music of celebrity
BB    BbmBbm      G#G#       C#C#
I sang backups on the backstairs, the backstairs,
  G#G#
the backstairs (taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs)
G#G#              G# minorG#m
I wore out grooves, sneaking around the servants quarters, oh
BB      BbmBbm       G#G#
So I knew my way around the backstairs

(CHORUS:)
     BB          F#F#          G#G#
There is another west, you'll find out, it's nearly thunderous
     BB          F#F#         G#G#
There is another west, much wilder, you feel it under us
    BB        F#F#        C#C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...


(BREAK 1): G#, G#m, B, Bbm, G#G#


(VERSE:)
G#G#            G# minorG#m
I move so slow, I didn't know that I was backing out
BB    BbmBbm             G#G#
It was getting backed out on the backstairs
C#C#         G#G#
The backstairs, the backstairs


(BREAK 2): B, G#, B, G#...


(BRIDGE:)
    BB     (F#F#)    G#G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won
    BB      (F#F#)   G#G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won
    C# minorC#m     (F#F#)   G#G#          G#G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won.......(buildup to a pause)

(CHORUS:)
     BB          F#F#          G#G#
There is another west, you'll find out, it's nearly thunderous
     BB          F#F#         G#G#
There is another west, much wilder, you feel it under us
    BB        F#F#        C#C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
    BB        F#F#        C#C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...


(OUTRO:)
G#G#                      G# minorG#m
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
    BB      BbmBbm    G#G#
(And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and no more/
               taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs,
G# minorG#m                      G#G#
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
    BB      BbmBbm    G#G#
(And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and no more/
               taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs,
G#G#                      G# minorG#m
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
BB     BbmBbm      G#G#
(I knew my way around the backstairs)

(....fade out)

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