Depeche Mode
"We're Going Backwards"
Standard tuning.
F#m E Bm G A D
e|--------------------------------------|
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]
E F#m
We are not there yet
E F#m
We have not evolve
E F#m
We have no respect
E F#m
We have lost control
[Pre-Chorus]
E
We're going backwards
Bm
Ignoring the realities
G
Going backwards
E
Are you counting all the casualties?
F#m E
F#m E
F#m E
F#m
[Verse]
E F#m
We are not there yet
E F#m
Where we need to be
E F#m
We are still in debt
E F#m
To our insanities
[Pre-Chorus]
E
We're going backwards
Bm
Turning back our history
G
Going backwards
E
Piling on the misery, ohh
[Synth Break]
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Bm
We can track it on the satellites
A
See all in plain sight
F#m E
Watch men die in real time
D
But we have nothing inside
Bm
We feel nothing inside
F#m E
Uh huh
[Synth Break]
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
E F#m
We are not there yet
E F#m
We have lost our soul
E F#m
The course is being set
E F#m
We're digging our own holes
[Pre-Chorus]
E
We're going backwards
Bm
Armed with new technology
G
Going backwards
E
To a cavemen mentality
[Synth Break]
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| X2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Bm
We can emulate on consoles
A
Killings we can control
F#m E
With senses that have been dulled
D
Because there's nothing inside
Bm
We feel nothing inside
F#m E
Uh huh
[Synth Break]
F#m E F#m
e|5----5---5---5----5-------5----5---5---5----5-------|
B|---7---7---7----7---7-7------7---7---7----7---7-7---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| Continue undderneath
D|----------------------------------------------------| Outro
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
We feel nothing inside
E F#m E
We feel nothing, nothing inside
F#m
Because there's nothing inside
E F#m
E
F#m
Because there's nothing insideWere Going Backwards chords and lyrics
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Depeche Mode "We're Going Backwards" Standard tuning. [Intro] F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m [Verse] [Pre-Chorus] F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m [Verse] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Verse] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Outro] E F#m E
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