New Pornographers - Backstairs
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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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