Scratch My Back Chords

KeyA# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays591

Scratch My Back by Aurea is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A#. It uses the chords A#, Am, Gm, F, Dm, C and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A#
Text
16
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Intro: A# Am Gm F (F Gm Am) 

A#               Am               Gm           F    (F Gm Am) 
who knows if one day you're gonna be an honest man? 
A#                  Am                Gm                  F    (F Gm Am) 
who knows if you'll work and fight to reach the frontline seat? 
     A#                 Am              Gm               F         (F Gm Am) 
but right now you don't need to care or think about your life goals 
    A#              Am           Gm            F                (F Gm Am) 
you find someone to do the dirty job while you stretch your legs 

Gm                         F 
   'cause you're so much clever 
Gm                   F 
   you're so much smarter 
Gm                  F 
   why waste your time on working 
Gm                    F 
   if i's so easy to lie? 
            
so you say,  

 
A#             Am    A#            Am 
   scratch my back,    scratch my back 
A#             Am    A#            Am 
   scratch my back,    scratch my back 

A#               Am               Gm           F    (F Gm Am) 
who knows if one day you'll be a part of the working force? 
A#                   Am               Gm               F    (F Gm Am) 
who knows if you'll help to build the world you claim to be yours? 

Gm                         F 
   'cause you're so much clever 
Gm                   F 
   you're so much smarter 
Gm                  F 
   why waste your time on working 
Gm                    F 
   if i's so easy to lie? 

so you say,  

 
A#             Am    A#            Am 
   scratch my back,    scratch my back 
A#             Am    A#            Am 
   scratch my back,    scratch my back 

Dm            C             Bb             Am 
   such a big world to see,   such a short life to live 
Dm                C                  Bb             
   why should you spend your time on working now? 
                 C 
   just let them do it while you smile! 

A#               Am               Gm           F    (F Gm Am) 
who knows if one day you're gonna be an honest man? 
A#               Am               Gm      
who knows if one day you'll be a part... not right now! 

 
A#             Am    A#            Am 
   scratch my back,    scratch my back boy 
A#             Am    A#                     Am 
   scratch my back,    you gotta scratch my back 
A#             Am 
   scratch my back (x4) 

A#               Am               Gm           F 
who knows if one day you're gonna be an honest man? 
A#               Am               Gm           F   
who knows if one day you're gonna stay along the way? 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante