Back To Front Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays399

Back To Front by Stiff Little Fingers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, G, Em, Bm, C, D4 and D9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
A D 
A D 

D          G                 D  
On cheap returns to summer places 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 
D        G                A       
Awayday herd, all out in the heat 

Riff 2 
e|---5------------| 
B|-------2--------| 
G|-----------2----| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 

D              G                 D  
Kicking black looks in sunshine faces 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

Em         G          A 
A race to vote with their feet 
          D   
Back to front 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

D             G                D  
Flock off to find someone to play with 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

D             G            A 
He's not like us he must be done 
D             G                  D  
Buckets and spades to make your day with 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

Em            G            A 
It hurts so good it must be fun 

 
           D              G 
And it's "Made in London town 
            D            G 
Fists are up to knuckle down 
           D                Bm                   A 
Because we are the boys who've got the noise and clout" 
         D             G 
And it's argue upside down 
             D                 G 
Black and white and wrong way round 
         D                   Bm                A 
Infight, outright, uptight, downright, inside out 
         D  
Back to front 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

D             G                  D  
Fight on the beaches and back home streets 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

D          G               A 
Welcoming in with outclenched hands 
D           G                D  
Standing on others with your own feet 

Riff 1 
e|--------------------------| 
B|-----3-----------------3--| 
G|--------4--2--------2-----| 
D|--0--------------0--------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

Em              G               A 
You've got to prove that you're a man 


G 
I glance over my shoulder 
        Em 
As they head for the past 
          D                     G 
But I've still got my eyes up ahead 
Em        A             D 
I'm not going back to front 

C    D    C 

D 
D4 D D9 D 

         D4 D D9 D 
Back to front 
         D4 D D9 D 
Back to front 
         D4    D                  D9        D 
Back to front, upside down, inside out, wrong way round 
         D4    D                  D9        D 
Back to front, upside down, inside out, wrong way round 
         D4 D D9 D 
Back to front 
         D4 D D9 D 
Hey! 

G D A D (x3) 
G D A A A D 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante