Back On Your Side Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

Back On Your Side by Chris Isaak is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: 

   C           x2             Am 

e|-0-----------------|--5-----------------| 
B|----1-----3--0-----|-----5-----8--5-----| 
G|-------0-----------|--------5-----------| 
D|-------=-----------|--------------------| 
A|-------------------|--------------------| 
E|-------------------|--------------------| 

Verse ( C     Am  )        Verse Fill (Fills are all in the Am Pentatonic Scale)         

e|------0------0--------|----------------------------------------| 
B|-----=1------1--------|-------------------------------8p5------| 
G|------0------2--------|--7p5--7p5--7/9-------7p5--7p5----------| 
D|-----=2------2--------|----------------------------------------| 
A|------3------0--------|----------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------|----------------------------------------| 

Pre-Chorus  ( Am      G  ) 

e|------------0------3------------| 
B|------------1------3------------| 
G|------------2------0------------| 
D|------------2------0------------| 
A|------------0------2------------| 
E|-------------------3------------| 

Chorus   (  C    Am  ) (with Fill)   (The Am might be hard to hear, but it is definitely there) 

Intro 

Pre-Chorus 

Chorus/Intro Riff 


Easy song that revolves around three chords.  For all the fills I left out, just stick to your 
tried-and-true major pentatonic scale and improvise.  Shouldn't be hard.  Sounds really nice on  
an acoustic. 

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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 

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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