Steve Goodman - Talk backwards

^CHey every^C7body wher^Fever you ^D9/F#are They've got a ^Cnew way of ^C7talking and it's ^Fgonna go ^D9/F#far You take the ^Cletters in the ^C7words, ^Fturn 'em all a^D9/F#round Say the ^Clast one ^C7first and ^Fcheck out the ^D9/F#sound

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I ^Cknow what you're ^C7thinking, it sure ^Fsounds ^D9/F#strange You talked ^Cforward so ^C7long that it's ^Fhard to ^D9/F#change But it's ^Cjust like ^C7metric once you ^Fget the ^D9/F#drift You ^Ctwist your ^C7tongue and give your ^Fpalate a ^D9/F#lift

You take your ^Cfavorite ^C7phrase, ^Fread it in the ^D9/F#mirror ^CPractice ^C7that about a ^Fhalf a ^D9/F#year And then ^Csdrawkcab ^C7gnikiat mI ^Fem ta ^D9/F#kool You're a ^Cregular ^C7talking ^Fbassackwards ^D9/F#fool

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^CTalking ^C7backwards is ^Fsweeping the ^D9/F#nation ^CTalking ^C7backwards is the ^Fnew sen^D9/F#sation You a^Cmaze your ^C7friends when you ^Fstart to ^D9/F#rap Don't say ^Cpass the ^C7butter, say ^Frettub eht ^D9/F#ssap ^CRettub eht ^C7ssap? ^FRettub eht ^D9/F#ssap

And if you're ^Cout with a ^C7girl and she's a ^Flittle bit ^D9/F#shy Don't say ^CI love ^C7you; say ^FUoy evol ^D9/F#I ^Cuoy evol ^C7I and I ^Falways ^D9/F#will Now, ^Csee if that ^C7doesn't take ^Foff the ^D9/F#chill

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The ^Cother ^C7day I was ^Fwalking down the ^D9/F#street ^CThere's this little ^C7girl I thought I'd ^Flike to ^D9/F#meet I said ex^Ccuse me, ^C7Miss, sserd ^Ftaht teg uoy ^D9/F#erehw ^Czert dat ^C7tat tat d^Figgie roy^D9/F# srat see milly ra ^Ceedie roy^C7 tes too ^Fdong dee ^D9/F#bet And I said ^Cam I ^C7getting ^Fthrough to you ^D9/F#yet? She said ^Cyou're a ^C7gent in the ^Ffirst de^D9/F#gree And I ^Clove it when ^C7you talk ^Fbackwards to ^D9/F#me

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You ^Cnever can ^C7tell, but ^Fone of the ^D9/F#nights ^CThose who talk ^C7backwards will de^Fmand their ^D9/F#rights They'll ^Crise up ^C7angry and ^Fget a sol^D9/F#ution In the ^Cform of an a^C7mendment to the ^Fconsti^D9/F#tution That ^Cguarantees 'em ^C7freedom of re^Fverse elo^D9/F#cution And then ^Cevery ^C7T.V. ^Fshow that ^D9/F#airs Will ^Chave to be ^C7captioned for the ^Fforward im^D9/F#paired

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