Back Against The Wall Cifras

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#  C#      B      G#
And try to find my face again
       F#            F#
Buried beneath this house
   C#      B        G#
My spirit screams and dies again
F#         F#
Out back a monster wears
   C#       B         G#
A cloak of persian leather
F#         F#
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           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          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#            C#       B        G#
makes me want to sink my teeth in deep
         F#
Burn all the evidence
  F#  C#    B     G#
of fabricated disbelief
F#            F#      C#        B         G#
Pull back the curtains, take a look into your eyes
 F#           F#        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           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          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#            C#       B        G#
camouflaged by all the fallen leaves
             F#
A hand holds up the sky while,
F#            C#       B        G#
 shamefully, I make my plea
             F#
The altar's calling,
F#            C#       B        G#
 but my legs won't seem to stand
 F#           F#        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           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          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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