Backwater


MEAT PUPPETS RULE Intro (E-C#m-C-D) with solo guitar melody line E5 F#5 And when I wake up in the morning C5 E5 To feel the daybreak on my face E5 F#5 There's a blood that's flowin' through the feeling C5 E5 With a knife to open up the sky's vein E C#m Some things...will never change C They just stand there looking backwards D Half unconscious from the pain E C#m It may seem...rearranged C D In the backwater swirling there is something that'll never change And when I shoulda' been gone a long time Laughs...and says I find ways Just when we're sheltered under paper The rockets come at us sideways E C#m Some things...will never change C They just stand there looking backwards D Half unconscious from the pain E C#m It may seem...rearranged C D In the backwater swirling there is something that'll never change F-G C B Hey...I'm blind D Good...fine C B Roll the time D On whose dime? -Solo-(over E-C#m-C-D) And when I wake up in the morning To feel the daybreak on my face There's a blood that's flowin' through the ceiling With a knife to open up the sky's vein Some things...will never change They just stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain It may seem...rearranged In the backwater swirling there is something that'll never change Some things...will never change They just stand there looking backwards Half unconscious from the pain It may seem...rearranged In the backwater swirling there is something that'll never change -Solo outro- Chords E -0- C#m -4- E5 --- F#5 --- C5 --- -0- -5- --- --- --- -1- -6- --- --- --- -2- -6- --- --- -5- -2- -4- -2- -4- -3- -0- --- -0- -2- --- C ----------3------| --------5---5----| ------5-------5--| ----5------------| --3--------------| -----------------| D ----------5------| --------7---7----| ------7-------7--| ----7------------| --5--------------| -----------------| F -------------8--------| ----------10---10-----| -------10---------10--| ----10----------------| --8-------------------| ----------------------| G --------------10--------| -----------12----12-----| --------12----------12--| -----12-----------------| --10--------------------| ------------------------| B ----------2------| --------4---4----| ------4-------4--| ----4------------| --2--------------| -----------------| Intro lick (approx.) E---------------------------------------------------------------|l B-------------------------12------------------------------------|l G-----------------11b(12)----12r11--9-11-9---------------9------|l D---------9-11-9----------------------------11-11--9-11-----11--|l A------9--------------------------------------------------------|l E--/12----------------------------------------------------------|l E-----------------------------------------------------------|l B-----------------------------------------------------------|l G-9-11-11b(12)-11b(12)r11-9-11-11b(12)r11-9-11b(12-|-l D-----------------------------------------------------------|l A-----------------------------------------------------------|l E-----------------------------------------------------------|l E major pentatonic (for reference) E-----------------------------9--12------| B-----------------------9--12------------| G-----------------9--11------------------| D-----------9--11------------------------| A-----9--11------------------------------| E--12------------------------------------|