Nina Simone – Backlash Blues (Guitar)
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"Backlash Blues", one of Simone's civil rights songs. The lyrics were written by her friend
and poet Langston Hughes
[Chords]
Bb7 686766
Bb7#5 6x677x
Bb9 x10111
E7 x7675x
Eb7 x6564x
F7 x8786x
[Intro] Bb Ab A Bb F7 E|-----------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------6--| G|--------------------------------------------------8--| D|-----------------------------------------------7--7--| A|--8--8--10--10--11--11--10--10--8--6--7--8--8-----8--| E|--6--6--6---6---6---6---6---6---6--4--5--6-----------|
[Verse]
Bb7 Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash Bb7 Bb7#5 Just who do think I am Eb7 You raise my taxes, freeze my wages Eb7 And send my son to vietnam
[Verse]
Eb7 You give me second class houses Bb7 And second class schools Bb7 Do you think that all the colored folks Bb7 Are just second class fools F7 Eb7 Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you Bb7 Eb7 E7 F7 With the backlash blues
[Bridge]
Bb7 When I try to find a job Bb7 To earn a little cash Bb7 All you got to offer Bb7 Is your mean old white backlash Eb7 But the world is big
Big and bright and round
Bb7 And it's full of folks like me Bb7 Who are black, yellow, beige and brown F7 Eb7 Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you Bb7 Eb7 E7 F7 With the backlash blues
Guitar solo
Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7
Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7
Eb7 Eb7 Eb7 Eb7
Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7
Eb7 Eb7 F7 F7
Bb7 Eb7 E7 F7
[Outro]
Bb7 Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash Bb7 Just what do you think I got to lose Eb7 I'm gonna leave you Eb7 With the backlash blues F7 You're the one will have the blues Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Bb9 Not me, just wait and see