Back To The 101 Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays527

Back To The 101 by Albert Hammond Jr is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords E, C#m, B, A, B7, E/G#, D#, Cm, A#, G# and A#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(intro) E   C#m   B   A  B7  E  A  B 

A              B7            A 
    Though it took me by surprise 
        B7       A 
One by one I realized 
           B7               A    B7 
There was something I could do 

E 
I lost my way. 
 C#m 
That's what she said 
   B          A  B7 
Back to the 101 
E 
If we don't know 
 C#m 
Somewhere to go 
  B          A   B7 
Back to the 101 

( E   A   B ) (2x) 

A            B7             A 
    I never said to feel relaxed 
         B7              A 
I never said to love me back 
         B7         A      B7 
What was I next to you? 

( E   E   B   A ) 
( A   B   E ) 
( E   B   A ) 
( A   B ) 

A       B7                A 
 In my mind it all goes black 
          B7            A 
Lost control of what I had 
         B7                  A     B7 
All my thoughts left one by one 

( E   E/G#   A   B ) (2x) 

E 
 I lost my way. 
 C#m 
That's what she said 
   B          A  B7 
Back to the 101 
  E 
Back to the one 
C#m 
   I never won 
  B           A   B7 
Back to the 101 

( E   A   B ) (2x) 

D# 
 I count the one 
Cm 
  I count the one 
 A#                    G#   A#7 
  I count the one oh one 

   D# 
I know (I count the one) 
  Cm 
I lost (I count the one) 
    A#                      G#   A#7 
My way (I count the one oh one) 

      D# 
This time (I count the one) 
       Cm 
We'll find (I count the one) 
    A#                       G#   A#7 
a place (I count the one oh one) 

   D# 
I know (I count the one) 
   Cm 
I lost (I count the one) 
    A#                      G#   A#7 
My way (I count the one oh one) 

      D# 
This time (I count the one) 
       Cm 
We'll find (I count the one) 
    A#                       G#   A#7 
a place (I count the one oh one) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante