Cage the Elephant – Back Against The Wall (Ukulele)

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Chords

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Pre Chorus

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Chorus

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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)

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Chorus

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