BACKBITER by THE RUTS (from The Crack LP 1979)
BASS & DRUM INTRO:
E -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ a few times
VERSE:
E -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2 A A E 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:
B E A E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
B E A E E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
VERSE:
E -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2 A A E 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:
B E A E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
B E A E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
BREAK: B B D D 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 -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2 A A E 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 A E E A A E E
Don?t wanna know the way that you?ve been messed around
CHORUS:
B E A E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
B E A E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
B E A E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
B E A E E
Backbiter you?re a loser Backbiter you?re a user
