{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2911370,"song":"Backwater","artist":"Brian Eno","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11653875-backwater-chords-by-brian-eno/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2911370?type=chord","rating":4.77831,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBackwater[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're sailing at the edges of time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBackwater[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're drifting at the waterline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh we're floating in the coastal waters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou and me and the porter's daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOoh what to do not a sausage to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the shorter of the porter's daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDips her hand in the deadly waters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOoh what to do in a tiny canoe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBlack water[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere were six of us but now we are five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're all talking[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo keep the conversation alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was a senator from Ecuador[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho talked about a meteor[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat crashed on a hill in the south of Peru[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd was found by a conquistador[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho took it to the emperor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he passed it on to a Turkish guru[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas slated for becoming divine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe taught her[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe taught her how to split and define[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut if you study the logistics[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd heuristics of the mystics[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou will find that their minds rarely move in a line[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo it's much more realistic[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo abandon such ballistics[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBackwater[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're sailing at the edges of time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBackwater[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're drifting at the waterline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh we're floating in the coastal waters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou and me and the porter's daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOoh what to do not a sausage to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the shorter of the porter's daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDips her hand in the deadly waters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOoh what to do in a tiny canoe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nE   E7 E   A E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nE   E7 E   E7 E  A E\nE   E7 E   E7 E  A E\nD    A  D   A\nG#m  E  G#m E\nD    A  D   A\nG#m  E  G#m E\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nE   E7 E   E7 E  A E\nE   E7 E   E7 E  A E\nD    A  D   A\nG#m  E  G#m E\nD    A  D   A\nG#m  E  G#m E\nE   E7 E   E7 E  A E\nE   E7 E   E7 E  A E\nD    A  D   A\nG#m  E  G#m E\nD    A  D   A\nG#m  E  G#m E","chords":["E","E7","A","D","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}