Going Backwards Chords
by Depeche Mode
Going Backwards by Depeche Mode is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#m. It uses the chords F#m, E, Bm, G, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
F#m E
F#m E
F#m E
F#m
Verso 1:
E F#m
We are the bigots
E F#m
We have not evolve
E F#m
We have no respect
E F#m
We have lost control
Pré-Refrão
E
We're going backwards
Bm
Ignoring the realities
G
Going backwards
E
Are you counting all the casualties?
F#m E
F#m E
F#m E
F#m
Verso 2:
E F#m
We are the bigots
E F#m
Where we need to be
E F#m
We are still in debt
E F#m
To our insanities
Pre-Chorus
E
We're going backwards
Bm
Turning back our history
G
Going backwards
E
Piling on the misery, ohh
Synth Break
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Bm
We can track it on the satellites
A
See all in plain sight
F#m E
Watch men die in real time
D
But we have nothing inside
Bm
We feel nothing inside
F#m E
Uh huh
Synth Break
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Verso 3:
E F#m
We are the bigots
E F#m
We have lost our soul
E F#m
The course is being set
E F#m
We're digging our own holes
Pré-Refrão
E
We're going backwards
Bm
Armed with new technology
G
Going backwards
E
To a cavemen mentality
Synth Break
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Bm
We can emulate our counsels
A
Killings we can't control
F#m E
Assassins that have been told
D
Because there's nothing inside
Bm
We feel nothing inside
F#m E
Uh huh
Synth Break
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| Continue undderneath
D|----------------------------------------------------| Outro
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Outro
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
Because there's nothing inside
E F#m
E
F#m
Because there's nothing inside