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Better Back Off - Marshall Crenshaw Chords

Chords: A, D, E, F#m, G, C#m, Bm, B, F#, G#m

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Genre: rock, pop, power pop


[Intro]
A D A E A E x2

[Verse 1]
E A D A E A E
Well you can’t always get what you want
F#m D E G D
No, you can’t always get what you need
D G D C#m F#m
Sometime you lose what you thought you had
G Bm F#m
Now that’s a real bad deal indeed

[Verse 2]
A D A E A E
But when you’re angry at life itself
F#m D E G D
Having a bad, bad day
D G D C#m F#m
Don’t judge yourself so brutally
G Bm F#m A
I can’t stand it when you talk that way

[Chorus]
E F#m
Oh baby, baby
C#m D
Better back off of that stuff
E
You’d better take it slow
D
I know you know
F#m D E
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love

[Verse 3]
A D A E A E
Did you say what I think I heard
F#m D E G D
Did you mean what I think you said
D G D C#m F#m
Why don’t you redirect your rage
G D Bm
Onto somebody else instead

[Verse 4]
A D A E A E
Now we all have to cross that line
F#m D A G D
Between sorrow and happiness
D G D C#m F#m
Come over here and take my hand
G Bm F#m A
Won’t you please give us both a rest?

[Chorus]
E F#m
Oh baby, baby
C#m D
Better back off of that stuff
E
You’d better take it slow
D
I know you know
Bm D E
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love

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