Carbon Leaf – Backmask 1983 (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Chords

[Chords]
G/B x-2-5-x-x-x
C   x-3-5-x-x-x
C/E x-7-10-x-x-x
F   1-3-3-2-x-x (version 1)
F   x-8-10-x-x-x (version 2)
F/C 8-8-10-10-x-x
Fsus4 1-3-3-3-x-x
[Intro] G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F F C/E F/C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F Fsus4 F [Verse 1]
G/B        C                F             C/E
Beth had a stack of Jimmy's rock and roll records

G/B         C           F
Deep in the summer of '83

G/B        C                F        C/E
Her older brother Tom got busted for weed

        G/B            C              F
I don't know what that means Blackmask
G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F Fsus4 F G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F Fsus4 F [Verse 2]
G/B        C            F        C/E
The Sun is down around Elizabeth Park now

G/B          C           F
The kids all gang around Riverwood

G/B        C             F         C/E
We put the record player up on the bed

        G/B         C          F
Bandana flashlights red on the Time Life books

G/B                C          F     C/E
Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, UFOs, ESP

G/B           C               F
Clairvoyance, haunted houses, ghosts, Halloween

G/B              C                 F          C/E
Spin the records back, The Devil's talking to me

         G/B         C               F
Curtains blow in the breeze Backmask 1983. 1983
[Chorus] C F Bb Bb
C                F       Bb
I want to believe in the mystery, mystery

Bb
Backmask 1983
[Verse 3]
G/B   C             F        C/E
Got a Farrah poster up in my bedroom

G/B        C               F
Hotter than Cheryl Ladd, she's the one

G/B   C            F         C/E
My   G&S Fibreflex Bowlrider board

            G/B            C          F
My sister's friends on the trampoline in the sun

G/B          C                     F          C/E
Truth or Dare, Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board

       G/B         C              F
Velcro wallet, red Goody comb, Op corduroy shorts

G/B        C              F        C/E
Trans Am Firebird graphic iron on tees

          G/B         C                F
Crop top. Cut off the sleeves Backmask 1983... 1983
[Chorus] C F
Bb
I want to believe

  C             F
I want to believe

       Bb
In the mystery, mystery

Bb
Backmask 1983
G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F F C/E F/C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F F C/E F/C [Verse 4]
G/B   C                 F         C/E
Got a paper route, wake up before morning

G/B        C              F
Jump back in bed just before the dawn

G/B          C            F        C/E
Raising some money for my team uniforms

              G/B       C                F
Junior League magazines door to door and mowing some lawns

   G/B                 C              F             C/E
In Search Of... That's Incredible!... Believe It or Not!

G/B        C                   F
Bermuda Triangle, tidal waves, ghost ships in fog

G/B        C       F         C/E
We moved away. The kids grew apart

    G/B        C           F
Time machines, warp speeds 1983    1983

G/B        C            F        C/E
Titanic, Haley's Comet, hologram skulls

G/B        C                        F
Russians, NASA rockets, high school Run through the halls

G/B        C            F        C/E
We saw the Challenger explode on TV

        G/B            C              F
I don't know what that means Backmask 1983... 1983
[Chorus] C F
Bb
How could it be?

  C             F           Bb
I want to believe In the mystery, mystery

Bb
Backmask 1983
[Bridge] G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B C C/E C/E F G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B G/B G/B C C/E C/E F F [Chorus]
C                 F  Bb
I want to believe, I want to believe

  C               F        Bb
I want to believe   In the mystery, mystery

Bb
Backmask 1983

C                 F
I want to believe

  Bb
I want to believe

C                 F
I want to believe

       Bb
In the mystery, mystery

Bb
Backmask 1983
C F Bb Bb
C               F
I want to believe

  Bb
I want to believe

       Bb
In the mystery, mystery

 Bb
Backmask 1983
[Outro] G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B C G/B G/B G/B C F C/E F/C G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B G/B C G/B G/B G/B C F C/E F/C