Back Against The Wall chords by
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield

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Key: A major
Intro 1
G
G

Verse 1
G
G

Sittin' here waiting for
Bm
Bm

G
G

tomorrow
Em
Em

I don't think it'll ever come
G
G

Well, just think that I'm
Am
Am

a young dude
C
C

Am
Am

My whole life is almost gone
G
G

Well, well, this prison
life's a pressure
Em
Em

Keeps my back against the wall
G
G

Constant look out for the snakes
Am
Am

and the bandits
C
C

Program leans towards us in law
Am
Am

Verse 2
I keep my back against the wall
Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

(Back against the wall)
Interlude 1
Back against the wall
Am
Am

G
G

Bm
Bm

G
G

My friends
Verse 3
now have all but cut me lose
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

On the outside playing safe
G
G

Bm
Bm

It's alright
G
G

'Cause in here is just like leaving the homeland,
Am
Am

baby
If I survive it back I could love
C
C

G
G

Am
Am

G
G

love your face
Em
Em

You're just a number from the past
G
G

Bm
Bm

Em
Em

G
G

I'm still sittin' here today
I don't know nothing about my future,
Am
Am

baby
But with my life I gotta pay
C
C

G
G

Am
Am

C
C

Verse 4
Am
Am

G
G

They got my back against the wall
Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

(Back against the wall)
Am
Am

Back against the wall
Em
Em

(Back) against the wall
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Am

Em
Em

Am
Am

(Back) against the wall
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Em

Am
Am

My back against the wall
Em
Em

Am
Am

Back against the wall
Interlude 2
Back against the wall
Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

Am
Am

G
G

Bm
Bm

G
G

Bm
Bm

Verse 5
G
G

Sittin' here waiting for tomorrow
Em
Em

G
G

Don't think it'll ever come
Bm
Bm

G
G

Just to think that I'm a young dude
Am
Am

C
C

Am
Am

G
G

Am
Am

Well, my whole life is almost gone
G
G

Well, street con brother
showed me the ropes
Ah, the coolest way to dealin'
Bm
Bm

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

in the street
Took my mind, woman,
Am
Am

and damn near my soul
C
C

Am
Am

Judge prison sentence then
C
C

cut me deep
G
G

Am
Am

Verse 6
They had my back against
Em
Em

Am
Am

the wall
Em
Em

My back against the wall
Am
Am

Back against the wall
D
D

G
G

Em
Em

Am
Am

My back against the wall
G
G

Em
Em

Am
Am

My back against the wall
Em
Em

Am
Am

Back against the wall
Em
Em

Back against the wall
Am
Am

Back against the wall
Em
Em

Am
Am

Back against the wall
Em
Em

G
G

Back against the wall
Am
Am

Wall
(Back against the wall)
Em
Em

G
G

Wall
Am
Am

Back against, back against the wall
Outro 1
Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
Em

Am
Am

Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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C
C

Am
Am

C
C

Em
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Em
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Em
Em

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