The Backroom Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays555

The Backroom by Bap Kennedy is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Bap Kennedy- acoustic guitar, vocals 
Roy M. Huskey Jr.- upright bass 
Peter Rowan- mandolin, mandola  
Jerry Douglas- dobro 
Steve Earle- 12 string acoustic guitar 
Mark Smotherman- drums 
 
Time:44 
 
 G 
     
 
D 
Stay here with me 
              G 
Let me buy a drink 
D 
You're so beautiful 
                          G 
You know I'm right on the brink 
 
                  C    D 
Well I can't love you 
                    G 
The way you want me to 
              C 
Just another fool 
                 D 
Who's taking you to 
            G 
The back room 
 
If I had any sense 
I'd be on my way 
You're so beautiful 
I just have to stay 
 
But I can't love you 
The way you want me to 
Just another fool 
Who's taking you to 
The back room 
 
G C D C D C D G 
 
So tell me your tale 
How things came to be 
And I'll tell you mine 
What happened to me 
 
But I can't love you 
The way you want me to 
Just another fool 
Who's taking you to 
The back room 
Just another fool 
Falling for you 
In he back room 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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