Back On Your Side Chords
by Chris Isaak
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.
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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