Intro SOL
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|------------------| This quick little riff is
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|------------5-----| bars of the intro.
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|--3h5--6h7--------|
Verse 1:
SOL
I wrote you long love letters
DO SOL
Mama, I sent 'em on day by day
RE
I need you now even more than I did before
SOL
But as I'm lookin' here's your daddy
DO SOL
Comin' with a big ol' shotgun too
RE SOL DO SOL
My lovin' situation lookin' mighty poor
Chorus 1
SOL
So if you're really wonderin'
DO SOL
What I'm doin' in your backyard
RE
I told you baby, I'd beat it home so soon
SOL
But if you're really worried
DO SOL
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
RE SOL DO SOL
Come out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon.
Verse 2:
SOL
I had some dreams and fortunes ready
DO SOL
Mama, I got carried away
RE
And lookin' back even more than I did before
SOL
But as I'm keepin' creepin' hidin' and sleepin'
DO SOL
There's your daddy with the shotgun too
RE SOL DO SOL
My lovin' situation ain't nothin' but poor
Chorus 2
SOL
So if you're really worried
DO SOL
'Bout what I'm doin' in your backyard
RE
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
SOL
But if you're really worried
DO SOL
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
RE SOL DO SOL
C'mon out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon
(THE SONG CHANGES KEY AT THIS POINT)
(piano and guitar solos over these chords):
LA RE LA MI
LA RE LA MI
LA RE LA
Verse 3:
N.C.
Baby thinkin' bout it
LA
Really might be wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin'
RE LA
Honey lookin' in your backyard
MI
You worry 'bout nothin', you got nothin' on your mind but me
LA
But as I'm layin' on my back about
RE LA
Thinkin' bout summertime, gettin' back all the way
MI LA RE LA
Everything I see, honey remindin' me
Verse 4:
LA
C'mon get your lovin' man
RE LA
C'mon and get him while he's hot, get him on the run
MI
Baby hear you're lookin' but really too blind to see, ho hey
LA
Whatcha gonna think about a wham-bam thank-you ma'am
RE LA
Where you goin' on the wildwood trail
MI LA RE LA
Everything I see, honey remindin' me
Chorus 3
LA
Baby might be thinkin' bout a-really livin' back
RE LA
Layin' back, standin' in your backyard
MI
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
LA
If you're really wonderin'
RE LA
What I'm doin' in your backyard
MI LA RE LA
C'mon out later babe, show you by the light of the moon
PERFORMANCE NOTES:
The main instrument in this song is actually a piano,
so the chords listed above are actually what the piano
is playing. The guitar plays a steady riff of power
chords throughout the song in this type of pattern:
SOL
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|---------------------| Use the same pattern for all
|---------------------| the other power chords.
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|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
|--3--3----3--3-------|
Here are the positions for each of the power chords:
SOL DO RE LA MI
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|---5------3------5------7------2----------|
|---3--------------------5------0----------|
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