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