Randy Newman - Back on my feet again
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Back on My Feet Again– Randy Newman
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Written by: Randy Newman
From: "Good Old Boys" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Link 1] chorus ==> verse [Link 2] chorus ==> verse/chorus
G G G G G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------|
B|--3-2-1-0-0-1-2-|3---------------| B|--3-2-1-0-0-1-2-|--3-2-1-0-0-1-2-|3
G|--4-3-2-0-0-2-3-|4---------------| G|--4-3-2-0-0-2-3-|--4-3-2-0-0-2-3-|4
D|----------------|0---------------| D|----------------|----------------|0
A|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|3---------------| E|----------------|----------------|3
[Coda]
G G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|--3-2---2-1---1-|
G|--4-3---3-2---2-|3h4
D|------0-----0---|5
A|----------------|
E|3---------------|3
(ritardando)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D7/F# 2-x-0-2-1-x
C/C 3-x-2-0-1-0
Fdim7 1-x-0-1-0-x
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x
B7ssus4/E 0-2-2-2-0-2
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[Intro]
G Doctor, let me E7tell you something aA7bout myself
D I'm a college D7/F#man and I'm C/Gvery Gwealthy
G I've got no E7time to trifle with A7trash like you
D Cause I must Embe 'bout my Fdim7business D/F#
[Verse]
G My brother's a E7machinist in a A7textile mill
D And he makes more D7/F#money than you C/Gever will G
G He just got E7married to a A7Polish girl
D With a D7/F#space between her Gteeth
[Verse]
G My sister's a E7dancer up in A7Baltimore
D At a small D7/F#cafe on C/GMain G
G But she ran D/F#off with a Negro from the EmEastern B7sus4/EShore Em
A7 A7/C# D [ D D/E D/F# ]
Doctor, she didn't even know his name
[Chorus]
Get me Gback on my Dfeet Gagain
G D [ D D/E D/F# ]
Back on my feet again
G Open the D/F#door and Emset B7sus4/Eme free Em
Get me A7back on my Dfeet Gagain
(= Link 1)
[Verse]
G He took her down to E7Mobile in a A7railroad train
D He said, "D7/F#Driver, take me to the C/GHotel Puh-Gree."
G He went into the D/F#washroom, washed his Emface and B7sus4/Ehands, and EmDoctor,
A7 A7/C# D [ D D/E D/F# ]
When he come out he was white as you and me
[Verse]
G He said, "Girl, I ain't a E7Negro, I'm a A7millionaire
D As you canD7/F# plainly C/Gsee G
G So many D/F#women were after my EmmoneB7sus4/Ey Em
A7 A7/C# D [ D D/E D/F# ]
But I'm proud to say you were only after me
[Verse]
G “Gonna teach you to play E7polo and how to A7water-ski
D Won't have to D7/F#dance no C/Gmore G
G And I no D/F#longer have to preEmtend to B7sus4/Ebe Em
A7 A7/C# D [ D D/E D/F# ]
A Negro from the Eastern Shore."
[Chorus]
Get me Gback on my Dfeet Gagain
G D [ D D/E D/F# ]
Back on my feet again
G Open the D/F#door and Emset B7sus4/Eme free Em
Get me A7back on my Dfeet Gagain
(= Link 2)
[Verse]
G Doctor, E7doctor, A7what you say
D How 'bout D7/F#letting me out toC/Gday? G
G Ain't no D/F#reason for Emme to B7sus4/Estay Em
A7 A7/C# D [ D D/E D/F# ]
Everybody's so far away
[Chorus]
Get me Gback on my Dfeet Gagain
G D [ D D/E D/F# ]
Back on my feet again
G Open the D/F#door and Emset B7sus4/Eme free Em
Get me A7back on my Dfeet Gagain
(= Link 2)
[Chorus]
Get me Gback on my Dfeet Gagain
G D [ D D/E D/F# ]
Back on my feet again
G Open the D/F#door and Emset B7sus4/Eme free Em
Get me A7back on my Dfeet Gagain
(= Coda)