Backwater
Status Quo
Guitar intro:
E|--------------------------------------------|H|--------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--|D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--|A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|H|------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-|D|---7---7----------------------------------------|A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-|E|------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|H|--------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--|D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--|A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|H|------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-|D|---7---7----------------------------------------|A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-|E|------------------------------------------------|
With the band:
E|-------------------------------------------------|H|-------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|-----7---7------------------7---7----------------|A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--|E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5--|H|-------------------------------------------------5--|G|-------------------------------------------------6--|D|---7---7------------------7---7------------------7--|A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9--7-9-7-5-7-5---7--|E|-----------------------------------------------7-5--|
H A/H HE|-----------------------------------------------------|H|-4---2---2---2--2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4----| Untill theG|-4----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4--..etc| drums breaksD|-4-----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4------| in..A|-2-2----------2-----------2-----------2--------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Francis boogie guitar in H:E|-----------------------------------------|H|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------|A|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-|E|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------|
Francis boogie guitar in E:
E|-----------------------------------------|H|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------|D|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-|A|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------|E|-----------------------------------------|
Rick plays his guitar like what is shown under.
To get the correct rhytme count one bar like
|one-and-two-and-three-and-four-and| where Rick strikes
his chord on each "and" mentioned in a bar. Also move your plectrum from down and up while hitting the strings. The '&'s marks the 4 flats in each bar. in H:E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|H|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|G|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-| etc...D|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
in E:E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|H|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|G|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-| etc...D|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
verses:
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Down at Backwater junction
Rolling down the line
In the dark early morning
I heard the one-forty-nine
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I was walking down the highway
D-E-D-
Needed somewhere to go
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A lady laid beside me
And she invited me home
A
She led me cold, tired and hungry
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Down the backwater road
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In a house on the corner
looking over the track
I woke up with a fever
And a pain in my back
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She was lying there beside me
D-E-D-
My fever started to grow
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Had a funny feeling
But the lady said no
A
The lover needs a doctor
E D (D-D-D-D)
Down the Backwater Road
|A/H-H--|D\H-H--|A--D--|D\H-H--| (played twice)
HWhatcha lookin' forWhatcha lookin' forE|-------------------------------------------|H|-------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------|A|-5-5--7--5----7----9---7---7----5----------|E|-----------------------------------7--5/7--| Lady do you know what you are lookin' for
Was I wrong to play alongE|-------------------------------------------|H|-------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------|A|-5-5--7--5----7----7--9-7--5---------------|E|------------------------------7--5/7-------| Lady was I right or lady was I wrong
Guitar solo: A C# E|--------------------------------|H|--------------------------------|G|-16b18-16b18-16h14\13-16-14\13--|D|--------------------------------|A|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|
DE|-14b16-14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12|H|------------------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
E AE|-12-12-------------------------------------|H|-------14-12-12-14-12----------------------|G|----------------------14-14-14h16p14-16-14-|D|-------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------|
C# DE|----------------------14b16-14-12-14b16-14-12-|H|----------------------------------------------|G|-13-13-13h14p13-14-13-------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
EE|-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-14-------|H|----------------------------------17-14-|G|----------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------|
A C# D E E|-------------------------------------------|H|-12-10-12--10-10--9-10--9-9--7-9-7-10-9-10-|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------|
A C# E|-----------------12-----------------13|H|--14-13-14-13-14-----14-13-14-13-14---|G|--------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------|
D EE|----------------14--14-17b19-17-14-------|H|-14-13-14-13-14--------------------17-14-|G|-----------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------|
A C#E|----------------------12----------------------13|H|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14----14-14-14-13-14-13-14---|G|------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
D DmE|----------------------14--14-17-17-14-------------|H|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-----------------17-14-------|G|--------------------------------------------16-14-|D|--------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------|
A EE|----------------------------------------------|H|----------------------------------17b19-17-14-|G|----16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14-------------|D|-16-------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
D AE|---------------------------------------------------------------|H|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|-16-14----14h16r14----16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14|D|-------16----------16------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------|H|-------|G|-------|D|-16-14-|A|-------|E|-------|
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Backwater doctor
You've got me breathing in time
It's ten-thirty in the morning
And I'm feeling alright
I went back to my lady
But I wasn't to know
Lady left this morning
And she's not coming home
I was cold when she left me
Down the Backwater Road
