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Backbiter Chords

by Ruts
KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays442

Backbiter by Ruts is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			BACKBITER by THE RUTS (from The Crack LP 1979) 


BASS & DRUM Intro: 

E  -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------   a few times 


Verse: 
E  -----0-2-0-2-0-5-0-2------ x2                       A A     E E 
Donâ??t grow my insight you talk about fiction 
The words you say are gushing by you talk about friction  
I donâ??t wanna hear about the troubles that you found 
Donâ??t wanna know the way that youâ??ve been messed around 

Chorus:

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