Finger Back Chords
Finger Back by Vampire Weekend is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
Bend my finger back (snap)
Dm
Wrap it in a paper towel
F G
Break a twig in half and set it straight
C
Hit me with a wood bat
Dm F
Hit me with a canister that's fired while
G
The soldiers drive away
C
Bend my finger back (snap)
Dm F G
On and on and on and on for days
C
Hit me with a wood bat
Dm F
Hit me like a Yankee, like a son of
G
Freedom never as a slave
F
It's etiquette, you idiot
C
Spend time behind the line
F C
Show sympathy to LA where the sun don't ever shine
F C
Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine
Dm G
And baby you're not anybody's fool
C
Bless me with a heart attack
Dm
A real crise cardiaque
F G
And show me where to find the surgeon's knife
C
Eviscerate me now (hack)
Dm
Take me to my punishment
F G
The punishment I've needed all my life
C
Bend my finger (snap)
Dm F G
On and on and on and on with strife
C
Listen to my bum rap
Dm F G
Listen to the evidence exonerating me from being right
F
It's etiquette, you idiot
C
Spend time behind the line
F C
Show sympathy to LA where the sun don't ever shine
F C
Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine
Dm G
And baby you're not anybody's fool
F C
I know that I've been wicked and the road to hell is wide
F C
Cursed by curiosity that made us go inside
F C
Everyone was charming but they took us for a ride
Dm G
But baby, you're not anybody's fool
verses repeat, then bridge/ending:
C
Sing next year in Jerusalem
You know - the one at W. 103rd and Broadway?
Cuz this Orthodox girl fell in love with the guy at the falafel shop
And why not?
Should she have averted her eyes and
Just stared at the laminated poster of the dome of the rock?
C
Remembrances of holy days in Tarrytown and Rye
F G
I don't wanna live like this but I don't wanna die
C
Condolences to gentle hearts who couldn't bear to try
F G
I don't wanna live like this but I don't wanna die