Paul McCartney – Back On My Feet (Guitar)

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Writeen by: Paul McCartney/Declan MacManus
B-Side of the single "Once Upon A Long Ago" (1987)
Now bonus track on "Flowers in the Dirt"
Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard
Asus2    x-0-2-2-0-0
E/G#     4-x-2-1-0-0
B7sus4   x-2-4-4-5-2
Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Asus2 | A | Asus2 | A | [Verse 1]
Asus2
How many days will the wet weather last?

A                      G                     E/G#
  I want know will the clouds when they roll back

         A             F#m
Reveal a man in an old mac

            Bsus4        B
Living on a park bench

              | Esus4 E | Asus2 | A |
Sitting on his own
[Verse 2]
Asus2
  Cut to the rain as it runs down the glass

A                        G                 E/G#
  Eventually through the lightning and thunder

         A           F#m
We see a man going under

               Bsus4     B
This is how it happens

                Esus4    E
This is what he said
[Chorus]
E            A
I don't need love

           E         A
Though temptation is sweet

E            F#m
Give me your hand

         D          A
'Til I'm back on my feet

E              A
You're always telling me 

E        A
About my misery

     E                  F#m
I've seen things you'll never see

D           | Asus2 | A |
Don't pity me
[Verse 3]
Asus2
  Focus in on the breath of a man

A                         G                E/G#
  Who takes a brown paper bag from his knapsack

            A                 F#m
Between his whispers and wise cracks

                    Bsus4     B
He's looking for permission

                 Esus4    E
Screaming at the sky
[Chorus]
E            A(6)
I don't need love

           E         A(6)
Though temptation is sweet

E            F#m
Give me your hand

         D          A
'Til I'm back on my feet

E              A
You're always telling me 

E        A
About my misery

     E                  F#m
I've seen things you'll never see

D           | Asus2 | A |
Don't pity me
[Middle 8]
C  
  I'll be right again

C                   | Asus2 | A |
  Be upright without you

C
  I'll stand up again

C                     | Asus2 | A |
  Kick up a fuss again too
[Verse 4]
Asus2
Cut back again to a girl walking by

A                         G                E/G#
  Until the feet that are all shoes and no socks

           A            F#m
Climb an invisible soap box

                Bsus4     B
Laughing at the traffic

                Esus4    E
Shouting at the world
[Chorus]
E            A
I don't need love

           E         A
Though temptation is sweet

E            F#m
Give me your hand

         D          A
'Til I'm back on my feet

E              A
You're always telling me 

E        A
About my misery

     E                  F#m
I've seen things you'll never see

D           | Asus2 | A |
Don't pity me
[Outro] (= middle 8)
C  
  I'll stand up again

C                    Asus2 
Kick up a fuss again too

C
  I'll be right again

C                  Asus2 
Be upright without you
(We see a life through the eyes of a man As he live and he dies By a simple tattoo) [Outro] (= middle 8)
C  
  I'll be back again

C                   Asus2 
  When I land on my feet

C  
  I'll stand up again

C                              Asus2 
  Kick up a fuss again, wouldn't you
(Well there you go, though we tried hard to know him It's there on his face He's a case where there's clearly no hope) [Outro] (= middle 8)
C     
  Give me your hand again

C                      Asus2
  'Til I land again
(His face starts to fade As we pull down the shade And the picture we made Is in glorious cinemascope)
C
  I'll be back ...

C                Asus2
  I'll be back 
(repeat and fade)