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BACKROAD by Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses)

transcribed by Edmond Hum <rlp@interlog.com>

Define Chords:(for verse)

       B        BaddA        E
E--------------------------------------------------------------
B------0---------0---------------------------------------------
G------4---------4-----------1---------------------------------
D------4---------4-----------2---------------------------------
A------2---------0-----------2---------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------


Define Chords:(For Chorus) - use regular barre chord fingerings

       A      F     B      D       C#

E------5------1-----7------10-------9------------------------------
B------5------1-----7------10-------9------------------------------
G------6------2-----8------11------10------------------------------
D------7------3-----9------12------11------------------------------
A------7------3-----9------12------11------------------------------
E------5------1-----7------10-------9------------------------------
Define fingerpicking pattern:(for verse)

E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----4-----4---------4-----4--------------------------------------
D-------4-----4---------4-----4------------------------------------
A---2-----2-----0---------0-----0--2-------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------



---start---

Intro:

E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A---0-2-----2-5-----5-4-0-2-----------
E-------------------------------------


B BaddA
B BaddA

Verse:

   B
   One ....
       BaddA                B                BaddA
   How ..
   B F7<F7 Ε    Two ..
       BaddA                B     BaddA - E
   How ..


Verse:

B BaddA
B BaddA

   B
   Four ..
   BaddA                 B             BaddA
   I ..
   B
   Five ..
   BaddA                 B              BaddA
   I ..
             E       B BaddA B BaddA
   You ..
             E
   You ..


Chorus:

A               F
   He ..
          B              D     C#
   And ..
A               F
   He ..
          B              D     C#
   And ..
A                B       D C#
   He ..
A                B       D C#
   He ..
A                B      
   He ..
          D
   And ..

-------------------------

[some kind of lead-in - it's close enough - just improvise]
[  s/  means slide up    ]
[  s\  means slide down  ]
 
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D--2s/4-4s\-----------------------------------------------
A-------------3s/5-5s\---1s/3-3s\--------------3-3s/5s\2--
E-----------------------------------1s/3-3s\--------------

B BaddA
B BaddA F7vF7 Ε B BaddA
B BaddA E
B BaddA
B BaddA

-------------------------

Verse:

B            BaddA  B
   You're ..
    BaddA   B 
   Spy ..
    BaddA     B    BaddA
   We ..
B  BaddA             E
   Like ..

B BaddA
B BaddA

B       BaddA    B      BaddA
   Come ..
B       BaddA    B      BaddA
   Come ..
B            BaddA  E
   You're ..


Chorus:

A               F
   He ..
          B              D     C#
   And ..
A               F
   He ..
          B              D     C#
   And ..
A                B       D C#
   He ..
A                B       D C#
   He ..
A                B      
   He ..
          D
   And ..


Chorus:

A               F
   He ..
          B              D     C#
   And ..
A               F
   He ..
          B              D     C# F7Β°F7 Ε    And he - sleep on the couch
A                B       D C#
   He ..
A                B       D C#
   He ..
A                B      
   He ..
          D
   And ..

---end---

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