Tuning: E A D G B E

Note: (to get the plung play the open G string with the ringfinger and palm mute a bit) [Intro] E [Chorus]

^EI am a back door man ^EI am a back door man Well the men don't know,^G7 but the little girls under^Estand

[Verse 1]

^EWhen everybody's tryin' to sleep ^EI'm somewhere making my midnight creep Every morning^G7, when the rooster ^Ecrow Something tell m^G7e, ^EI got to go

[Chorus]

^EI am a back door man ^EI am a back door man Well the men don't know,^G7 but the^E little g^G7irls under^Estand

[Verse 2]

^EThey take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes ^ENurse cried, please save the soul Killed him for murder^G7, first deg^Eree Judge's wife cried^G7, ^Elet the man go free

[Chorus]

^EI am a back door man ^EI am a back door man Well the men don't know,^G7 but the little girls under^Estand

[Verse 3]

^EStand out there ^ECop's wife cried, don't take him down ^ERather be dead, six feets in the ground ^EWhen you come home you can eat pork and beans ^G7I eats mo' chicken^E, any man seen

[Outro]

^EI am a back door man ^EI am a back door man

Howlin' Wolf - Back door man