Backfire
Aimee Mann
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Tom : F
Intro: C C/B F/A C
F Am/E F Bb C C/B F/A C
I've got some cookies from our junk food run
F Am/E F Bb
And here's a couple of beers so let's go create some fun
C C/B F/A C
Supplies are limited and I'm all out
F Am/E F Bb
Of any explanations of what I'm all about
Dm Am Dm Am
I'm tired of having to try
Dm Am Dm Bb
To convince you if I go along it all will
Dm Am Dm Am
Back-fire, I know you had plans
Dm Am Dm Bb
Your intentions were grand but it's out of my hands
Bb Dm Am Dm
And this isn't the way I pictured it
Am Dm Am Dm Bb F
Either..
C C/B F/A C
So things felt weird but you said that's alright
F Am/E F Bb
That it was not a problem and we could just sit tight
C C/B F/A C
And when you said that I was sure I cringed
F Am/E F Bb
'Cause you had no suspicion that I had come unhinged
Dm Am Dm Am
Or just tired I cannot say which
Dm Am Dm Bb
But there's always a hitch that will cause the whole thing to
Dm Am Dm Am
Backfire I know you had plans
Dm Am Dm Bb
Your intentions were grand but it's out of my hands now
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm Bb
But it's out of my hands now
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Bb F C C/B F/A C
I know you'd like to be the St. Bernard
F Am/E F Bb
Who rushes to the rescue when there's an avalance
C C/B F/A C
But in my panic I may pull too hard
F Am/E F Bb
And the novice lifeguard gets rushed off in the ambulance
Dm Am Dm Am
I'm tired I cannot seem to
Dm Am Dm Bb
Get a message to you that the rescue you planned on has just
Dm Am Dm Am
Backfired I know you had plans
Dm Am Dm Bb
Your intentions were grand but it's out of my hands now
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am
it's out of my hands now
Bb Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm
And this isn't the way I pictured it either... (its out of my hands, its out of my hands now) (3x)
Outro: Bb F C
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