Depeche Mode – Were Going Backwards (Guitar)

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Chords

   F#m   E     Bm    G     A     D
e|--------------------------------------|
B|------------(3)---------------(7)-----| 
G|(2)---(1)----4----(4)---(6)----7------| Most of the chords can be played as 
D|-4-----2-----4-----5-----7-----7------| simple power chords,particularly in the verse
A|-4-----2-----2-----5-----7-----5------| 
E|-2-----0-----------3-----5------------|
[Intro] F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m [Verse]
            E    F#m
We are not there yet

        E   F#m
We have not evolve

        E    F#m
We have no respect

        E       F#m
We have lost control
[Pre-Chorus]
            E
We're going backwards

Bm
Ignoring the realities

      G
Going backwards

        E
Are you counting all the casualties?
F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m [Verse]
            E    F#m
We are not there yet

         E       F#m
Where we need to be

       E        F#m
We are still in debt

         E    F#m
To our insanities
[Pre-Chorus]
            E
We're going backwards

Bm
Turning back our history

      G
Going backwards

E
Piling on the misery, ohh

[Synth Break]
  F#m                      E        F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
       Bm
We can track it on the satellites

A
See all in plain sight

      F#m        E
Watch men die in real time

            D
But we have nothing inside

        Bm
We feel nothing inside

   F#m    E
Uh huh

[Synth Break]
  F#m                      E        F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
            E    F#m
We are not there yet

        E        F#m  
We have lost our soul

              E     F#m
The course is being set

              E       F#m
We're digging our own holes
[Pre-Chorus]
            E
We're going backwards

Bm
Armed with new technology

      G
Going backwards

     E
To a cavemen mentality

[Synth Break]
  F#m                      E        F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
       Bm
We can emulate on consoles

A
Killings we can control

F#m                   E
With senses that have been dulled

                D
Because there's nothing inside

        Bm  
We feel nothing inside

   F#m   E 
Uh huh

[Synth Break]
  F#m                      E        F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| Continue undderneath
D|----------------------------------------------------| Outro
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
       F#m
We feel nothing inside

        E       F#m             E
We feel nothing, nothing inside

        F#m
We feel nothing inside

        E        F#m            E 
We feel nothing, nothing inside

        F#m
We feel nothing inside

        E        F#m            E
We feel nothing, nothing inside

        F#m
We feel nothing inside

        E        F#m            E
We feel nothing, nothing inside

        F#m
We feel nothing inside

        E        F#m            E
We feel nothing, nothing inside

                F#m
Because there's nothing inside
E F#m E
                F#m
Because there's nothing inside