YOUR BACKYARD
Burton Cummings


Transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)


Intro: G

|------------------|
|------------------|    This quick little riff is
|------------------|    played during the last two
|------------5-----|    bars of the intro.
|------------------|
|--3h5--6h7--------|


Verse 1:

	     GI (320003@1)wrote you long love letters
         C (x32010@1)    GMama, (320003@1)I sent 'em on day by day
				     DI (xx0232@1)need you now even more than I did before
	    GBut (320003@1)as I'm lookin' here's your daddy
	       C (x32010@1)      GComin' (320003@1)with a big ol' shotgun too
		D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GMy (320003@1)lovin' situation lookin' mighty poor


Chorus 1:

	      GSo (320003@1)if you're really wonderin'
          C (x32010@1)   GWhat (320003@1)I'm doin' in your backyard
				     DI (xx0232@1)told you baby, I'd beat it home so soon
               GBut (320003@1)if you're really worried
               C (x32010@1)               GAbout (320003@1)what I'm doin' in your backyard
                      D (xx0232@1)		     G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GCome (320003@1)out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon.


Verse 2:

	     GI (320003@1)had some dreams and fortunes ready
      C (x32010@1)             GMama, (320003@1)I got carried away
 				       DAnd (xx0232@1)lookin' back even more than I did before
            GBut (320003@1)as I'm keepin' creepin' hidin' and sleepin'
	      C (x32010@1)	     GThere's (320003@1)your daddy with the shotgun too
	        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GMy (320003@1)lovin' situation ain't nothin' but poor


Chorus 2:

		GSo (320003@1)if you're really worried
	        C (x32010@1)        G'Bout (320003@1)what I'm doin' in your backyard
					   DI (xx0232@1)told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
	        GBut (320003@1)if you're really worried
                C (x32010@1)         GAbout (320003@1)what I'm doin' in your backyard
			  D (xx0232@1)	      G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GC'mon (320003@1)out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon


(THE SONG CHANGES KEY AT THIS POINT)

(piano and guitar solos over these chords):

A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)EA  D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)EA  D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)
Verse 3:

N.C.
Baby thinkin' bout it
 AReally (x02220@1)might be wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin'
	D (xx0232@1)         AHoney (x02220@1)lookin' in your backyard
							 EYou (022100@1)worry 'bout nothin', you got nothin' on your mind but me
	    ABut (x02220@1)as I'm layin' on my back about
			    D (xx0232@1)	AThinkin' (x02220@1)bout summertime, gettin' back all the way
		  E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) AEverything (x02220@1)I see, honey remindin' me


Verse 4:

			AC'mon (x02220@1)get your lovin' man
			      D (xx0232@1)	  AC'mon (x02220@1)and get him while he's hot, get him on the run
						  EBaby (022100@1)hear you're lookin' but really too blind to see, ho hey
			     AWhatcha (x02220@1)gonna think about a wham-bam thank-you ma'am
	   D (xx0232@1)	  AWhere (x02220@1)you goin' on the wildwood trail
	           E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) AEverything (x02220@1)I see, honey remindin' me


Chorus 3:

				ABaby (x02220@1)might be thinkin' bout a-really livin' back
		D (xx0232@1)  ALayin' (x02220@1)back, standin' in your backyard
					  EI (022100@1)told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
	    AIf (x02220@1)you're really wonderin'
	  D (xx0232@1)    AWhat (x02220@1)I'm doin' in your backyard
			E (022100@1)	      A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) AC'mon (x02220@1)out later babe, show you by the light of the moon


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PERFORMANCE NOTES:

The main instrument in this song is actually a piano,
so the chords listed above are actually what the piano
is playing. The guitar plays a steady riff of power
chords throughout the song in this type of pattern:

  G|---------------------| (320003@1)|---------------------|     Use the same pattern for all
|---------------------|     the other power chords.
|---------------------|
|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
|--3--3----3--3-------|


Here are the positions for each of the power chords:

    G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    E|------------------------------------------| (022100@1)|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------5------7------------------------|
|---5------3------5------7------2----------|
|---3--------------------5------0----------|

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