Your Backyard
Burton Cummings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdT6f6foZEI
[Intro] G
[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
[Instrumental]
[song goes up a tone for the rest of the song]
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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[Notes:]
(Honky Tonk piano style is played throughout this song with the guitar playing power chords.)
(Use this pattern for all the other power chords.)
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A|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
E|--3--3----3--3-------|