back against the wall
Cage the Elephant
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Tom : F#
(intro)
G# F# F9 C# B
E|--4------2---------------| (2x)
(verse 1)
G# F#
Tonight I'll have a look
F#9 C# B G#
And try to find my face again
F# F#9
Buried beneath this house`
C# B G#
My spirit cries and dies again
F# F#9
Out back a monster wheres
C# B G#
A cloak of persian leather
F# F#9
Behind the TV screen
C# B G#
I've fallen to my knees
(pre chorus)
(All chords in the pre chorus and chorus are down strokes, with a quick up in between
switching chords. You can here the rthymn in the song)
G#
I said you've got me where you want me
B7 C#
And dammit I can't turn away
G# F# C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
G# B7 C#
I'm stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
G#
I want to get away
F# C#
I need to get away
(chorus)
G# F#
Now you know
B C# G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F# B C# G#
Oh gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
F# B C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
G#
Just waiting for the fall
F# B C# G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
(verse 2)
(intro x 1/2)
G# F#
Blanket of silence
F#9 C# B G#
makes me want to sink my teeth in deep
F#
Burn all the evidence
F#9 C# B G#
A fabricated disbelief
F# F#9 C# B G#
Pull back the curtains take a look into your eyes
F# F#9 C# B G#
My tongue has now become a platform for your lies
(pre chorus)
(chorus)
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Detected progression: G# → F# → F9 → C# → B → G# → F# → F#9
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