Your Backyard

YOUR BACKYARD
Burton Cummings


Transcribed by Steve Garner (*)


Intro: G

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Verse 1:

             G
I wrote you long love letters
         C                  G
Mama, I sent 'em on day by day
I need you now even more than I did 
 D
before
            G
But as I'm lookin' here's your daddy
               C               G
Comin' with a big ol' shotgun too
                D                  
My lovin' situation lookin' mighty 
    G   C   G
poor


Chorus 1:

              G
So if you're really wonderin'
          C                G
What I'm doin' in your backyard
I told you baby, I'd beat it home so
 D
 soon
               G
But if you're really worried
               C            
About what I'm doin' in your 
     G
backyard
                      D            
Come out later, I'll show you by 
                  G   C   G
the light of the moon.


Verse 2:

             G
I had some dreams and fortunes ready
      C               G
Mama, I got carried away
And lookin' back even more than I 
     D
did before
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            G
But as I'm keepin' creepin' hidin' 
and sleepin'
              C                    
There's your daddy with the shotgun
  G
 too
                D                
My lovin' situation ain't nothin' 
        G   C   G
but poor


Chorus 2:

                G
So if you're really worried
                C           
'Bout what I'm doin' in your 
     G
backyard
I told you baby, I was beatin' it 
         D
home so soon
                G
But if you're really worried
                C           
About what I'm doin' in your 
      G
backyard
                          D      
C'mon out later, I'll show you by 
                     G   C   G
the light of the moon


(THE SONG CHANGES KEY AT THIS POINT)

(piano and guitar solos over these 
chords):

A  D  A  E
A  D  A  E
A  D  A


Verse 3:

N.C.
Baby thinkin' bout it
 A
Really might be wonderin' why I'm 
standin' here cryin'
        D                 A
Honey lookin' in your backyard
You worry 'bout nothin', you got 
                        E
nothin' on your mind but me
            A
But as I'm layin' on my back about
                            D    
Thinkin' bout summertime, gettin' 
               A
back all the way
                  E                
Everything I see, honey remindin' 
 A   D   A
me


Verse 4:

                        A
C'mon get your lovin' man
                              D  
C'mon and get him while he's hot, 
                 A
get him on the run
Baby hear you're lookin' but really 
              E
too blind to see, ho hey
                             A
Whatcha gonna think about a wham-bam
 thank-you ma'am
           D                   
Where you goin' on the wildwood 
   A
trail
                   E               
Everything I see, honey remindin' 
A   D   A
me


Chorus 3:

                                A
Baby might be thinkin' bout a-really
 livin' back
                D            
Layin' back, standin' in your 
     A
backyard
I told you baby, I was beatin' it 
        E
home so soon
            A
If you're really wonderin'
          D                 A
What I'm doin' in your backyard
                        E        
C'mon out later babe, show you by 
                     A   D   A
the light of the moon

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PERFORMANCE NOTES:

The main instrument in this song is 
actually a piano,
so the chords listed above are 
actually what the piano
is playing. The guitar plays a 
steady riff of power
chords throughout the song in this 
type of pattern:

  G
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|---------------------|     the 
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|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|         
|--3--3----3--3-------|         
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||the same pattern for all 
||other power chords.      
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Here are the positions for each of 
the power chords:

    G      C      D      A      
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|----------5------7---------------
|---5------3------5------7------2-
|---3--------------------5------0-

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