Backstreet Lovers Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Backstreet Lovers by The Crookes is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G C Em D (2x) 

G         C                 Em  
Razor tea-cups and tip top craic 
                D                     G 
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons 
            C                    Em 
Lawless law men walk the streets of 
                 D                        G 
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns 
                 C                   Em 
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I 
D                  G 
ran off with your sister 
               C                    Em 
a young school maid, caught up in a world of 
           D 
Backstreet Lovers. 
            C       D        Em        G               C       
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend 
    D                     G 
at least that's what she said. 

G             C            Em 
Rotting teeth of a grubby gran 
                       D                   G 
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts 
            C               Em 
a skin-head dad came cap in hand 
                   D                    G 
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun 
             C                           Em 
still on the dole, though the picket was broken 
  D            G 
a soiled age ago. 
                C                   Em 
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of 
           D 
Backstreet Lovers 
            C       D        Em        G          C       
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend 
    D                   Em 
at least that's what she said. 
                C                      G             
tangled in the roots and tangled in the weeds 
               D                         Em 
of a concrete jungle came that girl from Leeds 
                  C 
in torn dress and tights, 
              G 
she ain't no slag. 
           D              C 
i won her over with a '40 bag. 
   D        G          C            C 
I waved her away to a friend 
    D                     G 
at least that's what she said. 

G         C                 Em  
Razor tea-cups and tip top craic 
                D                     G 
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons 
            C                    Em 
Lawless law men walk the streets of 
                 D                        G 
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns 
                 C                   Em 
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I 
D                  G 
ran off with your sister 
               C                    Em 
a young school maid, caught up in a world of 
           D 
Backstreet Lovers. 
            C       D        Em        G               C       
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend 
    D                     G 
at least that's what she said. 
G              C            Em 
Rotting teeth of a grubby gran 
                       D                   G 
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts 
            C               Em 
a skin-head dad came cap in hand 
                   D                    G 
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun 
             C                           Em 
still on the dole, though the picket was broken 
  D            G 
a soiled age ago. 
                C                   Em 
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of 
           D 
Backstreet Lovers 
            G           
Lovers and sons 
    	

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