Backlash Blues chords by Nina Simone

Chords with lyrics

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


Chords:
Bb7Bb7   686766
Bb7#5  6x677x
Bb9Bb9   x10111
E7E7   x7675x
Eb7Eb7   x6564x
F7F7   x8786x

Intro:
  Bb majorBb                AbAb A augmentedA Bb majorBb F7F7
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------6--|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------8--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------7--7--|
A augmentedA|--8--8--10--10--11--11--10--10--8--6--7--8--8-----8--|
E MajorE|--6--6--6---6---6---6---6---6---6--4--5--6-----------|

Verse:
Bb7Bb7
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Bb7Bb7        Bb7#5
Just who do think I am
Eb7Eb7
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages
Eb7Eb7
And send my son to vietnam

Verse:
Eb7Eb7
You give me second class houses
Bb7Bb7
And second class schools
Bb7Bb7
Do you think that all the colored folks
Bb7Bb7
Are just second class fools
F7F7      Eb7Eb7
Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you
Bb7Bb7            Eb7Eb7 E7E7 F7F7
With the backlash blues

Bridge:
Bb7Bb7
When I try to find a job
Bb7Bb7
To earn a little cash
Bb7Bb7
All you got to offer
Bb7Bb7
Is your mean old white backlash
Eb7Eb7
But the world is big
Big and bright and round
Bb7Bb7
And it's full of folks like me
Bb7Bb7
Who are black, yellow, beige and brown
F7F7      Eb7Eb7
Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you
Bb7Bb7            Eb7Eb7 E7E7 F7F7
With the backlash blues

Guitar solo
Bb7Bb7 Bb7 Bb7Bb7 Bb7
Bb7Bb7 Bb7 Bb7Bb7 Bb7
Eb7Eb7 Eb7 Eb7Eb7 Eb7
Bb7Bb7 Bb7 Bb7Bb7 Bb7
Eb7Eb7 Eb7 F7F7 F7
Bb7Bb7 Eb7Eb7 E7E7 F7F7

Outro:
Bb7Bb7
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Bb7Bb7
Just what do you think I got to lose
Eb7Eb7
I'm gonna leave you
Eb7Eb7
With the backlash blues
F7F7
You're the one will have the blues
Eb7Eb7          Bb7Bb7 Eb7Eb7 Bb7Bb7 Bb9Bb9
Not me, just wait and see

Backlash Blues chords

"Backlash Blues" is one of Simone's civil rights songs. The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes.