Backbiter chords by Ruts

Chords with lyrics

BACKBITER by THE RUTS (from The Crack LP 1979)


BASS & DRUM INTRO:

E MajorE -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------  a few times


VERSE:
E MajorE -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2            A augmentedA A majorA   E MajorE E
Don?t grow my insight you talk about fiction
The words you say are gushing by you talk about friction
I don?t wanna hear about the troubles that you found
Don?t wanna know the way that you?ve been messed around

CHORUS:
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE       E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user

VERSE:
E MajorE -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2              A augmentedA A majorA   E MajorE E
You stitch up your friends you think you?ve got it sown up
But that was a true lie, we know that you suck
I don?t wanna know about what happened to your life
Don?t wanna know the reasons why you?re still alive

CHORUS:
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user


BREAK:  BB  BB   D MajorD   D MajorD  x4

LEAD PLAYS:
D------------1---2---0------4---7--------------
A-----2h---2---2---2------5---5---5slide2------  x4

DRUM BREAK:

BASS RETURNS WITH MAIN BASS RIFF

VERSE:
E MajorE -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2            A augmentedA A majorA   E MajorE E
Don?t grow my insight you talk about fiction
The words you say are gushing by you talk about friction
I don?t wanna hear about the troubles that you found
                            A augmentedA A majorA   E MajorE E   A augmentedA A majorA   E MajorE E
Don?t wanna know the way that you?ve been messed around

CHORUS:
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user
BB         E MajorE     A augmentedA         E MajorE       E MajorE
Backbiter you?re a loser   Backbiter you?re a user