Back to the Wall Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Sometimes in
the evenings [C]I start to get that feeling
Like I'm [G]empty inside
I know I'm doin' good now [C]but tonight
I'm headed downtown
Down by [G]the riverside

[Verse 2]
I sit [G]underneath the freeway with [C]an
old friend from the old days
And [G]a bottle of wine
He used to call me "Big Time",
said he knew [C]someday that I'd shine
Said [G]he'd seen all the signs
He said

[Verse 3]
Keep yourself to [G]yourself
Keep your [C]bedroll [G]dry
And boy you never can tell
What [C]the shadows [G]hide
Keep one eye on the ground
Pick up [C]whatever you [G]find
'Cause you've got no place [D]to fall
When [G]your back's to

[Interlude 1]
the wall
[G][C][G][C][G]

[Verse 4]
He's gettin' [G]old and it's showin' so
[C]I asked him how it's goin'
He said "I've seen better I [G]guess
I've been rained on, I've been frozen,
but this [C]here's the life I've chosen
If it [G]just wasn't for the loneliness"

[Verse 5]
Now this river [G]suits me to a T. but if
you're try[C]ing to raise a family
This it ain't no [G]place to be
Hell there's a kid down by the dump there,
ought to be [C]in grade school somewhere
Now he hangs [G]out with me,
now I told him

[Verse 6]
Keep yourself to [G]yourself
Keep your [C]bedroll [G]dry
And boy you never can tell
What [C]the shadows [G]hide
Keep one eye on the ground
Pick up [C]whatever you [G]find
'Cause you've got no place to [D]fall
When your back's to [G]the wall

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][C][G][Bb]
[G][C]
[G][C][G]
[C][G][D][G][C][F][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C][G]

[Verse 7]
Well we finished [G]off the
bottle and I told him,
[C]"Joe I think I ought to be headed uptown
[G]Well it was late, and I'd been drinkin',
drivin' [C]home I got to thinkin'
'Bout what's been go[G]ing down

[Verse 8]
'Cause [G]they're nervous down on Wall Street,
but they're try[C]ing to keep it upbeat
Or maybe they [G]just don't care
Down at the river eyes are burnin'
cause they feel [C]the tables turnin'
So if you [G]wind up down there

[Verse 9]
Just keep yourself to [G]yourself
Keep your [C]bedroll [G]dry
And boy you never can tell
What [C]the shadows [G]hide
Keep one eye on the ground
Pick up [C]whatever you [G]find
'Cause you've got no place [D]to fall

[Outro 1]
When your back's to the wall
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[C][G][C][G]
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