• Song:

    Back Of A Truck

  • Artist:

    Regina Spektor

  • Album:

    11:11

Depends on your range, but to me it sounds better with a capo over the first fret. 
You can play the same chords either way. Strum twice at parts if you have to. 
Regina is my favorite favorite artist, enjoy!

Verses will all play the same
    
D (xx0232@1)                                            AmShe (x02210@1)lifted the monument in her monumental arms 
C (x32010@1)                                                      GShe (320003@1)was the mother superior with her carry-on luggage charms 
D (xx0232@1)                                                 AmShe (x02210@1)was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door 
C (x32010@1)                                                GShe (320003@1)had eaten her dog and she was back for more

G (320003@1)         CBack (x32010@1)for more 
C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1) GBack (320003@1)for mo-ore
                    C (x32010@1)         GOh, (320003@1)she was back for more
C (x32010@1)                     Am (x02210@1)              DSome (xx0232@1)more? yes please, some more

D (xx0232@1)                                                  AmHer (x02210@1)gym teacher thought himself a sweat sock demi god 
C (x32010@1)                                                       GHer (320003@1)geraniums thought themselves an alien pod 
D (xx0232@1)                                                       AmHer (x02210@1)front porch gave way beneath the classified weight 
C (x32010@1)                                                                 GAnd (320003@1)when the ambulance came they said it's much too late

G (320003@1)                       COh, (x32010@1)it's much too late
C (x32010@1)                        Am (x02210@1)        GOh, (320003@1)it's much too, much too late
            C (x32010@1)           GOh, (320003@1)it's much too late
C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)       DHow (xx0232@1)late? Very late, too late

D (xx0232@1)                                           AmNow (x02210@1)the people of New Guinea and the people of LA 
                 C (x32010@1)                                         GHave (320003@1)been pen pals for years cause they both hate ballet
              D (xx0232@1)                                            AmOnly (x02210@1)the pandas and bears have made a clean getaway 
            C (x32010@1)                                 GBut (320003@1)the news bulletin claims it's gonna be ok 
               D (xx0232@1)                                              AmNow (x02210@1)Miss Lucy had a sweatshop where the immigrants worked 
                    C (x32010@1)                                                 GProblem (320003@1)was they all turned to pumpkins at the twelve o'clock stroke 
               D (xx0232@1)                             AmPromptly (x02210@1)confiscated by police precinct number X 
                              C (x32010@1)                     GThat (320003@1)was when the alien geraniums demanded the facts

G (320003@1)                  CNo (x32010@1)violence of course
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                GNo (320003@1)violence, no violence, of course
C (x32010@1)                        GHey, (320003@1)no violence, of course
C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)          DOff (xx0232@1)course? Why yes, of course

D (xx0232@1)                                             AmHere (x02210@1)the story gets hazy and the hair gets too long 
C (x32010@1)                                 GThe (320003@1)TV gets quiet as we hear a real bad song 
D (xx0232@1)                                               AmThe (x02210@1)mothers get whiskey and the girlfriends get tongue 
                     C (x32010@1)                              GAnd (320003@1)there's a back of a truck selling smoke free lungs 
                    D (xx0232@1)                                AmAnd (x02210@1)there's a back of a truck selling alien pods 
                    C (x32010@1)                               GAnd (320003@1)there's a back of a truck selling game show hosts 
                     D (xx0232@1)                                    AmAnd (x02210@1)there's a back of a truck selling the souls of the dead
                     C (x32010@1)                               GAnd (320003@1)there's a back of a truck selling crumb free bread
                     D (xx0232@1)                                     AmAnd (x02210@1)there's a back of a truck selling the back of a car 
                     C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)      
And there's a back of a car selling roadway maps
                     D (xx0232@1)                                    AmAnd (x02210@1)there are roadway maps selling the back of a head 
D (xx0232@1)                                                CHey, (x32010@1)how much for that back of a head, man? 
G (320003@1)                                   DHey (xx0232@1)wait a minute, that's my back of a head
Am (x02210@1)Hey you can't sell that man
          CThat's (x32010@1)my back of a head
                CHey (x32010@1)sell it back to me man
         GSell (320003@1)it back to me 
                        D (xx0232@1)                        AmHey (x02210@1)it's, it's my m-m-m-m-m-m-mine

D (xx0232@1)                                            Am (x02210@1)She lifted the monument in her monumental arms 
C (x32010@1)                                                      GShe (320003@1)was the mother superior with her carry-on luggage charms 
D (xx0232@1)                                                 AmShe (x02210@1)was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door 
C (x32010@1)                                                   GShe (320003@1)had eaten her dog and she was back for more

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