• Song:

    Back Against The Wall

  • Artist:

    Cage The Elephant

  • Album:

    Back Against The Wall (...

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Back Against The Wall - Cage the Elephant

Play the two lowest bass notes and the fourth string of
the chord in the verse as shown in the intro

chords: G# 466544
        F#244322 (244322@1)        F#(9) x9,11,11,11,9 (A shape, ninth fret.)
	B(7) 799877 (E shape, seventh fret)
	Bx24442 (x2444x@1)	C#x46664 (x43121@1)
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Intro:
    G# (xx1114@1)   F# (244322@1)F(9)# C# (x43121@1)Be|-------------------------| (x2444x@1)B|-------------11----6---4-|
G|--5------3---------------|
D|-------------11----6---4-|
A|--6------4---9-----4---2-|
E|--4------2---------------| X2 (listen to song for rythmn)

Verse 1:
G# (xx1114@1)            F# (244322@1)       
   Tonight I'll have a look
    F#(9)  C# (x43121@1)    B (x2444x@1)    G#And (xx1114@1)try to find my face again
       F# (244322@1)          F#(9)
Buried beneath this house`
   C# (x43121@1)    B (x2444x@1)      G#My (xx1114@1)spirit cries and dies again
F# (244322@1)       F#(9)
Out back a monster wheres
   C# (x43121@1)     B (x2444x@1)       G#A (xx1114@1)cloak of persian leather
F# (244322@1)       F#(9)
Behind the TV screen
C# (x43121@1)        B (x2444x@1)      G#I've (xx1114@1)fallen to my knees

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Pre Chorus:
(All chords in the pre chorus and chorus are down strokes, with a quick up in between 
switching chords. You can here the rthymn in the song)
              G#I (xx1114@1)said you've got me where you want me
    B(7)           C#And (x43121@1)dammit I can't turn away
    G# (xx1114@1)                    F# (244322@1)              C#I'm (x43121@1)hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
    G# (xx1114@1)                      B(7)          C#I'm (x43121@1)stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
    G# (xx1114@1)  
I want to get away
  F# (244322@1)        C#I (x43121@1)need to get away

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Chorus:

G# (xx1114@1)    F#Now (244322@1)you know
B (x2444x@1)              C# (x43121@1)             G#Yeah, (xx1114@1)you got my back against the wall
F# (244322@1)     B (x2444x@1)           C# (x43121@1)           G#Oh (xx1114@1)gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
F# (244322@1)               B (x2444x@1)       C#chained (x43121@1)down, like a sitting duck
                 G#Just (xx1114@1)waiting for the fall
F# (244322@1)               B (x2444x@1)         C# (x43121@1)         G#You (xx1114@1)know, yeah you got my back against the wall

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Verse 2:

Intro x 1/2

G# (xx1114@1)       F# (244322@1)    
   Blanket of silence
F#(9)            C# (x43121@1)     B (x2444x@1)      G#makes (xx1114@1)me want to sink my teeth in deep
         F#Burn (244322@1)all the evidence
  F#(9)  C# (x43121@1)  B (x2444x@1)   G#A (xx1114@1)fabricated disbelief
F# (244322@1)          F#(9)      C# (x43121@1)      B (x2444x@1)       G#Pull (xx1114@1)back the curtains take a look into your eyes
 F# (244322@1)         F#(9)        C# (x43121@1)         B (x2444x@1)    G#My (xx1114@1)tongue has now become a platform for your lies

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Pre Chorus

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Chorus

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Solo (I haven't tabbed this and I'm not sure what scale it's in, so I'll find out 
and if someone tabs it or if i work it out I'll put it up as well =D)

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Chorus

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(End however you like, probably on the G# with a down stroke.)


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