I Got Your Back chords by Todd Rundgren

Chords with lyrics

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

Bassline riff 1: A-C-D D-D C-D
Bassline riff 2: A-C-D D-D C-D A-G-F


Intro:
Am7/D Cm7/F Bb/Eb Am7/D
Am7/D Cm7/F Bb/Eb Am/D


Verse 1:
Am7/D   Cm7/F  Bb/Eb   Am/D
 Times as hard as I've ever seen
Am7/D   Cm7/F   Bb/Eb   Am/D
Money is scarce and people get mean
   Am7/D    Cm7/F      Bb/Eb   Am/D
You struggle to stay on your own feet but then
     Am7/D     Cm7/F    Bb/Eb  Am/D
You fall down, you sometimes don't get up again

Pre-chorus:
  Am7Am7    Cm7Cm7  Bb majorBb      A minorAm
A augmentedA brother in need is a brother indeed
   Am7Am7    Cm7Cm7    Bb majorBb     A minorAm
The naked to cloth and the hungry to feed
   Am7Am7    Cm7Cm7    Bb majorBb      A minorAm
The garden is barren but I'll plant a seed


Chorus:
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)
     Am7/D    Cm7/F   Bb/Eb     Am/D
Pull you out of the gutter and off of the street
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)
       Am7/D    Cm7/F   Bb/Eb    Am/D
You get the food off my plate, the shoes off my feet
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)


Pre-chorus:
  Am7Am7    Cm7Cm7  Bb majorBb      A minorAm
A augmentedA brother in need is a brother indeed
   Am7Am7    Cm7Cm7    Bb majorBb     A minorAm
The naked to cloth and the hungry to feed
   Am7Am7    Cm7Cm7    Bb majorBb      A minorAm
The garden is barren but I'll plant a seed


Bridge rap: Bassline riff 2 all the way through:
N.C
Alright Dad, let me squeeze into this moment of service. I want to give back too
N.C
I know, know that you're humble
N.C
But I got to, got to let the world know (I got your back)
N.C
I got your back through all the hard times
N.C
Call on me when you're looking for the hard vibes (I got your back)
N.C
When you starve and you're wishing on a star kid
N.C
Call on me, no more starving the artist(I got your back)
N.C
Let go, no meat for the pridesome
N.C
Pride before the fall and it ain't no fun (I got your back)
N.C
We got a movement going on and its called moving on through the power of truth (I got your back)
N.C
We'll do, ride on the train through the dark times, nitty gritty too (I got your back)
N.C
We will, we will feed the hungry people with the soul and they're searching for the wholeness
N.C
(I got your back)
N.C
Whole foods is the state of my booth and it starts with a diet made of tailor made truths
N.C
(I got your back)


Outro:
     Am7/D    Cm7/F   Bb/Eb     Am/D
Pull you out of the gutter and off of the street
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)
  Am7/D   Cm7/F Bb/Eb    Am/D
A augmentedA brother in need is a brother indeed
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)
   Am7/D   Cm7/F   Bb/Eb    Am/D
The naked to cloth and the hungry to feed
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)
   Am7/D   Cm7/F   Bb/Eb     Am/D
The garden is barren but I'll plant a seed
Bassline riff 1:x2 (I got your back)

Am7/D Cm7/F Bb/Eb Am7/D
Am7/D Cm7/F Bb/Eb Am/D