Status Quo – Backwater (Guitar Tab)
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Guitar Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--| D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-| D|---7---7----------------------------------------| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-| E|------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--| D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-| D|---7---7----------------------------------------| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-| E|------------------------------------------------|
With the band:
e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-----7---7------------------7---7----------------| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--| E|-------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------5--| B|-------------------------------------------------5--| G|-------------------------------------------------6--| D|---7---7------------------7---7------------------7--| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9--7-9-7-5-7-5---7--| E|-----------------------------------------------7-5--| B A/B B e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-4---2---2---2--2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4----| Until the G|-4----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4--..etc| drums break D|-4-----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4------| in A|-2-2----------2-----------2-----------2--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Francis' boogie guitar in B: e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-| E|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------| Francis' boogie guitar in E: e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-| A|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------| E|-----------------------------------------|
Rick plays his guitar like what is shown under.
To get the correct rhythm count one bar like
|one-and-two-and-three-and-four-and| where Rick strikes
his chord on each "and" mentioned in a bar. Also
move your plectrum from down and up while hitting the strings.
The '&'s mark the 4 beats in each bar.
in B: e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| G|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-| etc... D|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| in E: e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-| G|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-| etc... D|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Verses:
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B
Down at Backwater junction
Rolling down the line
In the dark early morning
I heard the one-forty-nine
E
I was walking down the highway
D-E-D-
Needed somewhere to go
B
A lady laid beside me
And she invited me home
A
She led me cold, tired and hungry
E B
Down the backwater road
B
In a house on the corner
looking over the track
I woke up with a fever
And a pain in my back
E
She was lying there beside me
D-E-D-
My fever started to grow
B
Had a funny feeling
But the lady said no
A
The lover needs a doctor
E D (D-D-D-D)
Down the Backwater Road
|A/B-B--|D\B-B--|A--D--|D\B-B--| (played twice)
B Whatcha lookin' for Whatcha lookin' for e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-5-5--7--5----7----9---7---7----5----------| E|-----------------------------------7--5/7--| Lady do you know what you are lookin' for Was I wrong to play along e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-5-5--7--5----7----7--9-7--5---------------| E|------------------------------7--5/7-------| Lady was I right or lady was I wrong Guitar Solo: A C# e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|-16b18-16b18-16h14\13-16-14\13--| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| D e|-14b16-14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| E A e|-12-12-------------------------------------| B|-------14-12-12-14-12----------------------| G|----------------------14-14-14h16p14-16-14-| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| C# D e|----------------------14b16-14-12-14b16-14-12-| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-13-13-13h14p13-14-13-------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| E e|-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-14-------| B|----------------------------------17-14-| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| A C# D E e|-------------------------------------------| B|-12-10-12--10-10--9-10--9-9--7-9-7-10-9-10-| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| A C# e|-----------------12-----------------13| B|--14-13-14-13-14-----14-13-14-13-14---| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| D E e|----------------14--14-17b19-17-14-------| B|-14-13-14-13-14--------------------17-14-| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| A C# e|----------------------12----------------------13| B|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14----14-14-14-13-14-13-14---| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| D Dm e|----------------------14--14-17-17-14-------------| B|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-----------------17-14-------| G|--------------------------------------------16-14-| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| A E e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------17b19-17-14-| G|----16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14-------------| D|-16-------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| D A e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-16-14----14h16r14----16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14| D|-------16----------16------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------| B|-------| G|-------| D|-16-14-| A|-------| E|-------|
B
Backwater doctor
You've got me breathing in time
It's ten-thirty in the morning
And I'm feeling alright
I went back to my lady
But I wasn't to know
Lady left this morning
And she's not coming home
I was cold when she left me
Down the Backwater Road