D9/F# = 200210

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Hey everybody wherever you are
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They've got a new way of talking and it's gonna go far
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You take the letters in the words, turn 'em all around
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Say the last one first and check out the sound

[Chorus]
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Talk Backwards

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[Verse 2]
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I know what you're thinking, it sure sounds strange
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You talked forward so long that it's hard to change
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But it's just like metric once you get the drift
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You twist your tongue and give your palate a lift

[Verse 3]
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You take your favorite phrase, read it in the mirror
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Practice that about a half a year
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And then sdrawkcab gnikiat mI em ta kool
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You're a regular talking bassackwards fool

[Chorus]
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Talk backwards

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[Verse 4]
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Talking backwards is sweeping the nation
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Talking backwards is the new sensation
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You amaze your friends when you start to rap
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Don't say pass the butter, say rettub eht ssap
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Rettub eht ssap? Rettub eht ssap

[Verse 5]
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And if you're out with a girl and she's a little bit shy
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Don't say I love you; say Uoy evol I
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uoy evol I and I always will
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Now, see if that doesn't take off the chill

[Chorus]
     Am         G  F  E
Talk Backwards

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[Verse 6]
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The other day I was walking down the street
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There's this little girl I thought I'd like to meet
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I said excuse me, Miss, sserd taht teg uoy erehw
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zert dat tat tat diggie roy srat see milly ra
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eedie roy tes too dong dee bet
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And I said am I getting through to you yet?
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She said you're a gent in the first degree
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And I love it when you talk backwards to me

[Chorus]
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Talk backwards

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[Verse 5]
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You never can tell, but one of the nights
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Those who talk backwards will demand their rights
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They'll rise up angry and get a solution
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In the form of an amendment to the constitution
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That guarantees 'em freedom of reverse elocution
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And then every T.V. show that airs
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Will have to be captioned for the forward impaired

[Chorus]
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Talk backwards

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[Outro]
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Talk backwards

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Talk backwards

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Talk backwards

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