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Depeche Mode
"We're Going Backwards"
Standard tuning.
e|-F#m------E------Bm------G------A------D-------|
B|------------(3)---------------(7)-----|
G|(2)---(1)----4----(4)---(6)----7------| Most of the chords can be played as
D|-4-----2-----4-----5-----7-----7------| simple power chords,particularly in the verse
A|-4-----2-----2-----5-----7-----5------|
E|-2-----0-----------3-----5------------|
[Intro]
F#m E
F#m E
F#m E
F#m
[Verse]
We are not tEhere F#myet
We have Enot F#mevolve
We have Eno reF#mspect
We have Elost conF#mtrol
[Pre-Chorus]
We're going Ebackwards
BmIgnoring the realities
Going Gbackwards
Are you Ecounting all the casualties?
F#m E
F#m E
F#m E
F#m
[Verse]
We are not tEhere F#myet
Where we Eneed to F#mbe
We are Estill in F#mdebt
To our inEsanitF#mies
[Pre-Chorus]
We're going Ebackwards
BmTurning back our history
Going Gbackwards
EPiling on the misery, ohh
[Synth Break]
e|F#m5----5---5---5----5------E-5----5--F#m-5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
We can Bmtrack it on the satellites
ASee all in plain sight
Watch F#mmen die in Ereal time
But we have Dnothing inside
We feel Bmnothing inside
Uh F#mhuhE  
[Synth Break]
e|F#m5----5---5---5----5------E-5----5--F#m-5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
We are not tEhere F#myet
We have Elost our F#msoul
The course is Ebeing F#mset
We're digging Eour own F#mholes
[Pre-Chorus]
We're going Ebackwards
BmArmed with new technology
Going Gbackwards
To a Ecavemen mentality
[Synth Break]
e|F#m5----5---5---5----5------E-5----5--F#m-5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
We can Bmemulate on consoles
AKillings we can control
F#mWith senses that have Ebeen dulled
Because there's Dnothing inside
We feel Bmnothing inside
Uh F#mhuhE  
[Synth Break]
e|F#m5----5---5---5----5------E-5----5--F#m-5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| Continue undderneath
D|----------------------------------------------------| Outro
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
We feel F#mnothing inside
We feel Enothing, F#mnothing insideE  
We feel F#mnothing inside
We feel Enothing, F#mnothing insideE  
We feel F#mnothing inside
We feel Enothing, F#mnothing insideE  
We feel F#mnothing inside
We feel Enothing, F#mnothing insideE  
We feel F#mnothing inside
We feel Enothing, F#mnothing insideE  
Because there's F#mnothing inside
E F#m
E
Because there's F#mnothing inside
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