Status Quo – Backwater (Guitar)

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As recorded by Status Quo (From the 1974 Album QUO) [Intro] N.C. B A N.C. B A/B B A/B B A/B B A/B B B5 [Verse 1]

B5
Down at Backwater junction rolling down the line

B5
In the dark early morning I heard the one-forty-nine

      E5                                              D5 E5 D5
I was walking down the highway, needed somewhere to go

B5
Lady laid beside me and she invited me home

           A5 N.C.                E5 N.C.            B5 N.C. B5
She led me cold, tired and hungry down the backwater road

[Verse 2]

B5
In a house on the corner looking over the track

B5
I woke up with a fever and a pain in my back

        E5                                              D5 E5 D5
She was lying there beside me, my fever started to grow

B5
Had a funny feeling but the lady said no

   A5 N.C.              E5 N.C.            D5
My lover needs a doctor down the Backwater Road

[Interlude] A5 B5 D5 B5 A5 D5 B5 A5 B5 D5 B5 A5 D5 B5 [Bridge]

B5
Whatcha lookin' for, whatcha lookin' for

D5          E5               B5
Lady do you know what you're lookin' for

B5
Was I wrong to play along?

D5         E5            B5           N.C.
Lady was I right or lady was I wrong?

[Guitar Solo] A5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 C#5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 [Verse 3]

B5
Backwater doctor, you've got me breathing in time

B5
It's ten-thirty in the morning and I'm feeling alright

       E5                                  D5 E5 D5
I went back to my lady but I wasn't to know

B5
Lady left this morning and she's not coming home

       A5 N.C.              E5 N.C.
I was cold when she left me down the Backwater Road