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 F#(9) x9,11,11,11,9 (A shape, ninth fret.) B(7) 799877 (E shape, seventh fret) B x24442 C# x46664 |---------| Intro: G# F# F(9)# C# B e|-------------------------| 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# F# Tonight I'll have a look F#(9) C# B G# And try to find my face again F# F#(9) Buried beneath this house` C# B G# My spirit cries and dies again F# F#(9) Out back a monster wheres C# B G# A cloak of persian leather F# F#(9) Behind the TV screen C# B G# I've 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 said you've got me where you want me B(7) C# And dammit I can't turn away G# F# C# I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool G# B(7) C# I'm stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday G# I want to get away F# C# I need to get away |---------| Chorus: G# F# Now you know B C# G# Yeah, you got my back against the wall F# B C# G# Oh gosh, I aint got no other place to hide F# B C# chained down, like a sitting duck G# Just waiting for the fall F# B C# G# You know, yeah you got my back against the wall |---------| Verse 2: Intro x 1/2 G# F# Blanket of silence F#(9) C# B G# makes me want to sink my teeth in deep F# Burn all the evidence F#(9) C# B G# A fabricated disbelief F# F#(9) C# B G# Pull back the curtains take a look into your eyes F# F#(9) C# B G# My 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.)