• Song:

    Back Against The Wall

  • Artist:

    Cage The Elephant

  • Album:

    Back Against The Wall (...

Intro:
    Ab (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---------------| X4

      Abe|---------| (xx1114@1)B|-----4---|
G|----5----|
D|---6-----|
A|--6------|
E|---------|  X2

play this with the song to get the timing right, its really annoying to play if you dont 
your timing down rite. play on a fourth before the singer starts.
    Abe|---------| (xx1114@1)B|--4------|
G|--5------|
D|--6------|
A|--6------|
E|---------| X1


Verse 1:(play the chords like you did in the intro)(for best effect use
 slight delay if electric)
Ab (xx1114@1)            F# (244322@1)  Tonight I'll have a look
    F#(9)  C# (x43121@1)    B7 (x21202@1)   AbAnd (xx1114@1)try to find my face again
       F# (244322@1)          F#(9)
Buried beneath this house`
   C# (x43121@1)    B7 (x21202@1)     AbMy (xx1114@1)spirit screams and dies again
F# (244322@1)       F#(9)
Out back a monster wears
   C# (x43121@1)     B7 (x21202@1)       AbA (xx1114@1)cloak of Persian leather
F# (244322@1)       F#(9)
Behind the TV screen
C# (x43121@1)        B7 (x21202@1)      AbI've (xx1114@1)fallen to my knees

Chorus 1:
pretty much all in the post and chorus are downs with a quick up in the middle. sounds 
without the ups though.


              AbI (xx1114@1)said you've got me where you want me again!
    B (x2444x@1)         C#And--I (x43121@1)can't turn away
    Ab (xx1114@1)                    F# (244322@1)              C#I'm (x43121@1)hanging by a thread and I'm feeling like a fool
    Ab (xx1114@1)                      B (x2444x@1)        C#I'm (x43121@1)stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
    AbI (xx1114@1)want to- get away
  F# (244322@1)        C#I (x43121@1)need to- get away

Verse 2:

Ab (xx1114@1)       F# (244322@1)  Blanket of silence
F#(9)            C# (x43121@1)     B7 (x21202@1)      Abmakes (xx1114@1)me want to sink my teeth in deep
         F#Burn (244322@1)all the evidence
  F#(9)  C# (x43121@1)  B7 (x21202@1)   Abof (xx1114@1)fabricated disbelief
F# (244322@1)          F#(9)      C# (x43121@1)      B7 (x21202@1)       AbPull (xx1114@1)back the curtains took a look into your eyes
 F# (244322@1)         F#(9)        C# (x43121@1)         B7 (x21202@1)    AbMy (xx1114@1)tongue has now become a platform for your lies


Chorus 2:
              AbI (xx1114@1)said you've got me where you want me again!
    B (x2444x@1)         C#And--I (x43121@1)can't turn away
    Ab (xx1114@1)                    F# (244322@1)              C#I'm (x43121@1)hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
    Ab (xx1114@1)                      B (x2444x@1)        C#I'm (x43121@1)stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
    AbI (xx1114@1)want to- get away
  F# (244322@1)        C#I (x43121@1)need to- get away

Post-Chorus 1:

Ab (xx1114@1)    F#Now-- (244322@1)you know
B7 (x21202@1)              C# (x43121@1)             AbYeah, (xx1114@1)you got my back against the wall
F# (244322@1)     B7 (x21202@1)           C# (x43121@1)           AbOh (xx1114@1)gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
F# (244322@1)               B7 (x21202@1)       C#chained (x43121@1)down, like a sitting duck
                 AbJust (xx1114@1)waiting for the fall
F# (244322@1)               B7 (x21202@1)         C# (x43121@1)         AbYou (xx1114@1)know, yeah you got my back against the wall


Verse 3:
 Ab (xx1114@1)       F#Deep (244322@1)in the jungle
F#(9)          C# (x43121@1)     B7 (x21202@1)    AbCamouflaged (xx1114@1)by all the fallen leaves
        F#A (244322@1)hand holds up the sky
F#(9)  C# (x43121@1)  B7 (x21202@1)   AbWhile (xx1114@1)shamefully I make my plea
     F#The (244322@1)alters callin'
F#(9)    C# (x43121@1)      B7 (x21202@1)       AbBut (xx1114@1)my legs won't seem to stand
     F#Guess (244322@1)I'm a coward
F#(9)    C# (x43121@1)      B7 (x21202@1)     AbScared (xx1114@1)to face the man I am


Chorus 3:
              AbI (xx1114@1)said you've got me where you want me again!
    B (x2444x@1)         C#And--I (x43121@1)can't turn away
    Ab (xx1114@1)                    F# (244322@1)              C#I'm (x43121@1)hanging by a thread and Im feeling like a fool
    Ab (xx1114@1)                      B (x2444x@1)        C#I'm (x43121@1)stuck here in between the shadows of my yesterday
    AbI (xx1114@1)want to- get away
  F# (244322@1)        C#I (x43121@1)need to- get away

Post-Chorus 2:
Ab (xx1114@1)    F#Now-- (244322@1)you know
B7 (x21202@1)              C# (x43121@1)             AbYeah, (xx1114@1)you got my back against the wall
F# (244322@1)     B7 (x21202@1)           C# (x43121@1)           AbOh (xx1114@1)gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
F# (244322@1)               B7 (x21202@1)       C#chained (x43121@1)down, like a sitting duck
                 AbJust (xx1114@1)waiting for the fall
F# (244322@1)               B7 (x21202@1)         C# (x43121@1)         AbYou (xx1114@1)know, yeah you got my back against the wall

Riff 1:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------6666--8888-----|
A|--6666666-----------------|  X2    nt exactly sure this is right
E|--------------------------|


solo 1:

 ~-vibrato
 ^- bend (pull down)
 p- pull-up

my best advise is listen to the song and improve it, best you can using
these notes and you'll be set

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------66^8-6h86h86h8^-let ring|
D|-----------6^6^--88^------------------------|
A|--6^6p6b6p----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------6^6^--88----44^6-4h64h64h6~let ring--|
A|--66666666--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------8~---6~-----------------|
D|-----------8~---6~--------------------------|
A|--66666666----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------4~---6~-----------------|
D|-----------4~---6~--------------------------|
A|--66666666----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Outro 1:

Ab (xx1114@1)    F#Now-- (244322@1)you know
B7 (x21202@1)              C# (x43121@1)             AbYeah, (xx1114@1)you got my back against the wall
F# (244322@1)     B7 (x21202@1)           C# (x43121@1)           AbOh (xx1114@1)gosh, I aint got no other place to hide
F# (244322@1)               B7 (x21202@1)       C#chained (x43121@1)down, like a sitting duck-
                 AbJust (xx1114@1)waiting for the fall
F# (244322@1)               B7 (x21202@1)         C# (x43121@1)         AbYou (xx1114@1)know, yeah you got my back against the wall.....


this song is awesome!!!! anyone that says otherwise has been brestfed too long

PS
i need comments on this, please shoot in corrections or comments to better use of this tab
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