Back Against The Wall

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro -x4-: Ab  Gb  Gb  Db  B

Verse:
Ab		        Gb
   Tonight I’ll have a look
        Gb        Db        B
And try to find my face again
Ab		        Gb
   Buried beneath this house
    Gb                  Db    B
My spirit screams and dies again
Ab		       Gb
   Out back a monster wears a
Gb                 Db         B
cloak of Persian leather
Ab		 Gb
   Behind the TV screen
      Gb           Db                
I've fallen to my knees 

Pre-Chorus:
              Ab
I said you've got me where you want me
   B         Db
Again I can't turn away
    Ab                           Gb             Db
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
     Ab                        B             Db
I'm stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
  Ab    
I want to get away
  Gb            Db
I need to get away

Verse:
Ab               
   Blanket of silence
Gb        Gb            Db           B
makes me want to sink my teeth in deep
Ab 	           Gb
   Burn all the evidence
  Gb          Db     B  
a fabricated disbelief
Ab            		  Gb      Gb         Db    B
   Pull back the curtains take a look into your eyes
Ab                      Gb      Gb            Db                
   My tongue has now become a platform for your lies I said

Pre-Chorus:
       Ab
You've got me where you want me
   B          Db
Again I can't turn away
      Ab                        Gb               Db
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
     Ab                         B           Db
I'm stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
    Ab    
I want to get away
  Gb            Db
I need to get away

Chorus:
Ab       Gb
Now you know
B               Db                Ab
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
   Gb     B             Db             Ab
Oh gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
        Gb            B         
chained down, like a sitting duck
     Db                Ab
Just waiting for the fall
    Gb     B              Db                
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall

Interlude -x2-: Ab  Gb  Gb  Db  B

Verse:
Ab 	             
   Deep in the jungle
Gb      Gb            Db         B
Camouflaged by all the fallen leaves
Ab                      Gb
   a hand holds up the sky
      Gb          Db	   B
While shamefully I make my plea
Ab
   The alters callin’


Gb      Gb          Db	  B
But my legs won’t seem to stand
Ab
   Guess I'm a coward
Gb         Gb              Db         
Scared to face the man I am I said

Pre-Chorus:
       Ab
You've got me where you want me
  B           Db
Again I can't turn away
     Ab                          Gb              Db
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
     Ab                        	   B           Db
I'm stuck here right between the shadows of my yesterday
  Ab    
I want to get away
  Gb             Db
I need to get away

Chorus:
Ab       Gb
Now you know
B               Db                Ab
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
   Gb     B             Db             Ab
Oh gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
        Gb            B         
chained down, like a sitting duck
     Db                Ab
Just waiting for the fall
    Gb     B              Db                
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall

Solo:   
    Ab  B   Db    -x4-
    Ab  Gb  B  Db -x4-

Chorus:
Ab       Gb
Now you know
B               Db                Ab
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
   Gb     B             Db             Ab
Oh gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
        Gb            B         
chained down, like a sitting duck
     Db                Ab
Just waiting for the fall
    Gb     B              Db                Ab
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall
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Album: Cage The Elephant

From the same album
  1. Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
  2. Back Against The Wall
  3. In One Ear
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Biography

Cage the Elephant is an alternative rock band which formed in 2005 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States.

The band consists of Matt Shultz (vocals), Brad Shultz (guitar), Nick Bockrath (guitar), Daniel Tichenor (bass, vocals), Jared Champion (drums) and Matthan Minster (keyboard, vocals, guitar).

Their breakthrough single was Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked, which peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100, #32 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

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