YOUR BACKYARD
Burton Cummings


Transcribed by Steve Garner (*)


Intro: G

|------------------|
|------------------|    This quick little riff is
|------------------|    played during the last two
|------------5-----|    bars of the intro.
|------------------|
|--3h5--6h7--------|


Verse 1:

             G
I wrote you long love letters
         C                  G
Mama, I sent 'em on day by day
                                     D
I need you now even more than I did before
            G
But as I'm lookin' here's your daddy
               C               G
Comin' with a big ol' shotgun too
                D                      G   C   G
My lovin' situation lookin' mighty poor


Chorus 1:

              G
So if you're really wonderin'
          C                G
What I'm doin' in your backyard
                                     D
I told you baby, I'd beat it home so soon
               G
But if you're really worried
               C                 G
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
                      D                              G   C   G
Come out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon.


Verse 2:

             G
I had some dreams and fortunes ready
      C               G
Mama, I got carried away
                                       D
And lookin' back even more than I did before
            G
But as I'm keepin' creepin' hidin' and sleepin'
              C                      G
There's your daddy with the shotgun too
                D                        G   C   G
My lovin' situation ain't nothin' but poor


Chorus 2:

                G
So if you're really worried
                C                G
'Bout what I'm doin' in your backyard
                                           D
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
                G
But if you're really worried
                C                 G
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
                          D                           G   C   G
C'mon out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon


(THE SONG CHANGES KEY AT THIS POINT)

(piano and guitar solos over these chords):

A  D  A  E
A  D  A  E
A  D  A


Verse 3:

N.C.
Baby thinkin' bout it
 A
Really might be wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin'
        D                 A
Honey lookin' in your backyard
                                                         E
You worry 'bout nothin', you got nothin' on your mind but me
            A
But as I'm layin' on my back about
                            D                   A
Thinkin' bout summertime, gettin' back all the way
                  E                 A   D   A
Everything I see, honey remindin' me


Verse 4:

                        A
C'mon get your lovin' man
                              D                   A
C'mon and get him while he's hot, get him on the run
                                                  E
Baby hear you're lookin' but really too blind to see, ho hey
                             A
Whatcha gonna think about a wham-bam thank-you ma'am
           D                      A
Where you goin' on the wildwood trail
                   E               A   D   A
Everything I see, honey remindin' me


Chorus 3:

                                A
Baby might be thinkin' bout a-really livin' back
                D                 A
Layin' back, standin' in your backyard
                                          E
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
            A
If you're really wonderin'
          D                 A
What I'm doin' in your backyard
                        E                             A   D   A
C'mon out later babe, show you by the light of the moon


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PERFORMANCE NOTES:

The main instrument in this song is actually a piano,
so the chords listed above are actually what the piano
is playing. The guitar plays a steady riff of power
chords throughout the song in this type of pattern:

  G
|---------------------|
|---------------------|     Use the same pattern for all
|---------------------|     the other power chords.
|---------------------|
|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
|--3--3----3--3-------|


Here are the positions for each of the power chords:

    G      C      D      A      E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------5------7------------------------|
|---5------3------5------7------2----------|
|---3--------------------5------0----------|

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