Guitar intro: E|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--| D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-| D|---7---7----------------------------------------| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-| E|------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--| D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-| D|---7---7----------------------------------------| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-| E|------------------------------------------------| With the band: E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-----7---7------------------7---7----------------| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--| E|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------5--| B|-------------------------------------------------5--| G|-------------------------------------------------6--| D|---7---7------------------7---7------------------7--| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9--7-9-7-5-7-5---7--| E|-----------------------------------------------7-5--| B B E|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-4---2---2---2--2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4----| Untill the G|-4----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4--..etc| drums breaks D|-4-----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4------| in.. A|-2-2----------2-----------2-----------2--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Francis boogie guitar in B: E|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-| E|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------| Francis boogie guitar in E: E|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-| A|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------| E|-----------------------------------------| Rick plays his guitar like what is shown under. To get the correct rhytme count one bar like |one-and-two-and-three-and-four-and| where Rick strikes his chord on each "and" mentioned in a bar. Also move your plectrum from down and up while hitting the strings. The '&'s marks the 4 flats in each bar. in B: E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| G|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-| etc... D|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| in E: E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-| G|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-| etc... D|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| verses: ------- Down at Backwater junction Rolling down the line In the dark early morning I heard the one-forty-nine I was walking down the highway - Needed somewhere to go A lady laid beside me And she invited me home She led me cold, tired and hungry Down the backwater road In a house on the corner looking over the track I woke up with a fever And a pain in my back She was lying there beside me - My fever started to grow Bad a funny feeling But the lady said no The lover needs a doctor ) Down the Backwater Road |A/B-B--|D\B-B--|A--D--|D\B-B--| (played twice) B Whatcha lookin' for Whatcha lookin' for E|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-5-5--7--5----7----9---7---7----5----------| E|-----------------------------------7--5/7--| Lady do you know what you are lookin' for Was I wrong to play along E|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-5-5--7--5----7----7--9-7--5---------------| E|------------------------------7--5/7-------| Lady was I right or lady was I wrong Guitar solo: E|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|-16b18-16b18-16h14\13-16-14\13--| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| E|-14b16-14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| E|-12-12-------------------------------------| B|-------14-12-12-14-12----------------------| G|----------------------14-14-14h16p14-16-14-| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| E|----------------------14b16-14-12-14b16-14-12-| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-13-13-13h14p13-14-13-------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| E|-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-14-------| B|----------------------------------17-14-| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| B|-12-10-12--10-10--9-10--9-9--7-9-7-10-9-10-| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| E|-----------------12-----------------13| B|--14-13-14-13-14-----14-13-14-13-14---| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| E|----------------14--14-17b19-17-14-------| B|-14-13-14-13-14--------------------17-14-| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| E|----------------------12----------------------13| B|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14----14-14-14-13-14-13-14---| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------14--14-17-17-14-------------| B|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-----------------17-14-------| G|--------------------------------------------16-14-| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------17b19-17-14-| G|----16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14-------------| D|-16-------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-16-14----14h16r14----16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14| D|-------16----------16------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------| B|-------| G|-------| D|-16-14-| A|-------| E|-------| B Backwater doctor You've got me breathing in time It's ten-thirty in the morning And I'm feeling alright I went back to my lady But I wasn't to know Lady left this morning And she's not coming home I was cold when she left me Down the Backwater Road

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