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# PLEASE NOTE # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # Artist: The New Pornographers Album: Brill Bruisers Song: Backstairs tabber: John Baer (jcbaer@vt.edu) tabbed on 09/02/2014 (INTRO VERSE: ELO voice and snyths): G#m
B"Taking the backstaBbmirs, taking the back stairs, G# G#, G#m taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"
B"Taking the backstaBbmirs, taking the back stairs, G#taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"
(VERSE:)
G#Before I knew, to chose the G#mmusic of celebrity BI sang bBbmackups on the G#backstairs, the C#backstairs, the G#backstairs (taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs) G#I wore out grooves, sneaking aG#mround the servants quarters, oh BSo I knew my Bbmway around the bG#ackstairs
(CHORUS:)
There is Banother west, you'll F#find out, it's nearly G#thunderous There is Banother west, much wF#ilder, you feel it uG#nder us And yetB another west: a F#new one when you C#arriiiiive...
(BREAK 1): G#, G#m, B, Bbm, G# (VERSE:)
G#I move so slow, I didn't G#mknow that I was backing out BIt was gBbmetting backed out on the bacG#kstairs C#The backstairs, the G#backstairs
(BREAK 2): B, G#, B, G#... (BRIDGE:) B (F#) G# And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won B (F#) G# And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won C#m (F#) G# G# And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won.......(buildup to a pause) (CHORUS:)
There is Banother west, you'll F#find out, it's nearly G#thunderous There is Banother west, much wF#ilder, you feel it uG#nder us And yetB another west: a F#new one when you C#arriiiiive... And yetB another west: a F#new one when you C#arriiiiive...
(OUTRO:)
G#Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, G#mtaking the backstairs, taking the backstairs (And I Bcame, and I Bbmsaw, and I G#ran, and no more/ taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, G#mTaking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, tG#aking the backstairs, taking the backstairs (And I Bcame, and I Bbmsaw, and I G#ran, and no more/ taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, G#Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, G#mtaking the backstairs, taking the backstairs B(I knew my Bbmway around the G#backstairs)
(....fade out) Cheers, and Buy Mass Romantic, Electric Version, Twin Cinema, Challengers, Together, and BRILL BRUISERS! www.thenewpornographers.com John Baer