Dec92023

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Backsliders Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
Am
Been doin' fine keepin'
    C                   G
 my distance holdin' my own
          Am7
But if we got anything
    C
 in common
                     G
 it's that we can't leave
well enough alone
Am7
And I'll get you out of
    C
 my head a time or
       G
 two before
Am7
You show up like
          C
 an apparition
             G
 just as I'm locking
 up the bar

[Chorus]
          C
Now I got one foot out
                     D
 the door and you're still
 gettin' dressed
       G
Hate I can't say no as
           Em
 easily as you say yes
      C
I'm a real piece of shit
              D
 and you're a vixen
in a dress
          G
I thought we was movin'
              Em
 on but I was wrong I guess
C                 D
Backsliders gonna backslide
G    Am   C   G

[Verse 2]
G            Am7
Sometimes it feels like
                    C
 we're the only two people
              G
in this damn town
          Am7
Like everybody else and
      C               G
everything is just a daydream
on the way down
Am7
And I either got no time
    C                  G
at all or too much to spend
Am7
Love you like a breath when
         C
 I ain't workin' myself
                  G
to death cos I'm longin'
 for the ghost of a friend

[Chorus]
          C
Now I got one foot out
                     D
the door and you're still
gettin' dressed
       G
Hate I can't say no as
           Em
 easily as you say yes
      C
I'm a real piece of shit
              D
 and you're a vixen
 in a dress
          G
I thought we was movin'
               Em
 on but I was wrong I guess
C                 D
Backsliders gonna backslide
G    Am7   D   G

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[Chorus]
          C
Now I got one foot out the
                 D
door and you're still
gettin' dressed
       G
Hate I can't say no as
           Em
 easily as you say yes
      C
I'm a real piece of shit
               D
 and you're a vixen
 in a dress
          G
I thought we was movin'
              Em
 on but I was wrong I guess
C                 D
Backsliders gonna backslide

[Outro]
Em   G
C                  D     G
 Backsliders gonna backslide

How to play Backsliders: key, chords and progression

These are Backsliders chords by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Backsliders by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: Am, C, G, Am7, D and Em.

Most of the song cycles through C – G – Am7 – C (IV – I – ii7 – IV in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – reh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.