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Back Against The Wall by Cage the Elephant - Guitar Chords

Version 1
            Back Against The Wall - Cage the Elephant

Play the two lowest bass notes and the fourth string of
the chord in the verse as shown in the intro

chords: G# 466544
        F# 244322
        F#(9) x9,11,11,11,9 (A shape, ninth fret.)
        B(7) 799877 (E shape, seventh fret)
        B x24442
        C# x46664

 
[Intro]

    G#     F#  F(9)# C#  B
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------11----6---4-|
G|--5------3---------------|
D|-------------11----6---4-|
A|--6------4---9-----4---2-|
E|--4------2---------------| X2 (listen to song for rythmn)


[Verse 1]

G#              F#         
   Tonight I'll have a look
    F#(9)  C#      B      G#
And try to find my face again
       F#            F#(9)
Buried beneath this house
   C#      B        G#
My spirit screams and dies again
F#         F#(9)
Out back a monster wears
   C#       B         G#
A cloak of persian leather
F#         F#(9)
Behind the TV screen
C#          B        G#
I've fallen to my knees


[Pre-Chorus]

(All chords in the pre-chorus and chorus are downstrokes, with a quick up in between 
switching chords. You can hear the rhythm in the song)

              G#
I said you've got me where you want me
    B(7)           C#
Again I can't turn away
    G#                      F#                C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like I'll fall
    G#                        B(7)          C#
I'm stuck here in between these shadows of my yesterday
    G#    
I want to get away
  F#          C#
I need to get away


[Verse 2]

Intro x 1/2

G#         F#      
   Blanket of silence
F#(9)            C#       B        G#
makes me want to sink my teeth in deep
         F#
Burn all the evidence
  F#(9)  C#    B     G#
of fabricated disbelief
F#            F#(9)      C#        B         G#
Pull back the curtains, take a look into your eyes
 F#           F#(9)        C#           B      G#
My tongue has now become a platform for your lies


[Pre-Chorus]

              G#
I said you've got me where you want me
    B(7)           C#
Again I can't turn away
    G#                      F#                C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like I'll fall
    G#                        B(7)          C#
I'm stuck here in between these shadows of my yesterday
    G#    
I want to get away
  F#          C#
I need to get away


[Chorus]

G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall


[Chorus]

G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall


[Verse 3]

Intro x 1/2

G#         F#      
Deep in the jungle, 
F#(9)            C#       B        G#
camouflaged by all the fallen leaves
             F#
A hand holds up the sky while,
F#(9)            C#       B        G#
 shamefully, I make my plea
             F#
The altar's calling,
F#(9)            C#       B        G#
 but my legs won't seem to stand
 F#           F#(9)        C#           B     
Guess I'm a coward scared to face the man I am


[Pre-Chorus]

              G#
I said you've got me where you want me
    B(7)           C#
Again I can't turn away
    G#                      F#                C#
I'm hanging by a thread and Im feeling like I'll fall
    G#                        B(7)          C#
I'm stuck here in between these shadows of my yesterday
    G#    
I want to get away
  F#          C#
I need to get away


[Chorus]

G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall


[Solo]

(I haven't tabbed this and I'm not sure what scale it's in, so I'll find out 
and if someone tabs it or if I work it out I'll put it up as well =D)


[Chorus]

G#      F#
Now you know
B                C#               G#
Yeah, you got my back against the wall
F#       B             C#             G#
Oh God, I aint got no other place to hide
F#                 B         C#
chained down, like a sitting duck
                 G#
Just waiting for the fall
F#                 B           C#           G#
You know, yeah you got my back against the wall


(End however you like, probably on the G# with a downstroke.)
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