Backfire At The Disco

The Wombats

  • A
  • D
  • F#m
  • G#m
    4
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Key:
Intro: E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-14-14-13-13------------14-14-13-13----------14-14-13-13-------------| D|------------12-12-11-11-----------12-12-11-11-----------12--12--11~--| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--14---------------------------------11------------------------------| D|--14---------------------------------11------------------------------| A|--12---------------------------------9-------------------------------| E|--12---------------------------------9-------------------------------|
'Its 8 o'clock and im feeling fine, im out on a date tonight'
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----7---------------------------------------14--------------14-14-14-| D|----7---------------------------------------14--------------14-14-14-| A|----5---------------------------------------12--------------12-12-12-| E|----5---------------------------------------12--------------12-12-12-|
'in a candle-lit restuarant down by the river side'
Pre-Chorus: E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--14---------11---------7---------14---------------------------------| D|--14---------11---------7---------14---------------------------------| A|--12--x16----9---x16----5--x16----12--x16----------------------------| E|--12---------9----------5---------12---------------------------------|
'Everything’s going alright I guess, she took down my number and home address, was going perfectly until...' Chorus:
A It backfired at the disco
F#m she slapped me at the disco
D A G#m I did something I'll never forget
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Post-Chorus: E|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--6--------7--------11--------9--------| D|--7--x8----7--x8----11--x8----6--x8----| Repeat x2 A|--4--------5--------9---------7--------| E|---------------------------------------|
'Ooh oooh ooooooh ooh ooh.....' Verse 2: 'It was a chat-up line built not to impress More a sleazy remark on her whorish dress My wires crossed like they've never done before' Pre-chorus 2: 'Well it's 3 o' clock and I'm feeling shite I'm going home alone tonight Everything was going perfectly until...' Chorus x2 (play the Intro fill instead of the G#m chord for the first chorus) 'It backfired at the disco, she slapped me at the disco I did something I'll never forget It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco I made a move when it was well out of context' Post-chorus x2
Outro: E|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--6--------11---------16--------| D|--7--x8----11--x16----16--x8----| Repeat till necessary A|--7--------9----------14--------| E|--5--------9----------14--------|
'It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco Yeah, it backfired at the disco, when she slapped me at the disco It backfired at the disco, we were dancing at the disco'
End On: E|----------------------------| B|-------------------14-14----| G|--14---14-14-14-14-14-14----| D|--14---14-14-14-14-14-14----| A|--12------------------------| E|--12------------------------|
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Composition: Daniel Joseph Haggis, Tord Overland Knudsen, and Matthew Murphy

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