Back Street Slide chords by Richard Thompson

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Those
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F 
D 
 (G major)  (F major)  (D major) backstreet women,
watch what you say
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You  (G major) turn your back and they slide away
D 
They  (D major) run next door, they give it all away
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A 
 (G major) Doing the slide  (A major) 

Verse 2
D 
The  (D major) backstreet slide,
the backstreet slide
G 
 (G major) They're gonna get you, dead or alive
D 
Stab  (D major) you in the back with a kitchen knife
G 
Em 
 (G major) Doing the backstreet slide  (E minor) 
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C 
 (G major) Do it all  (C major) day, the backstreet
D 
 (D major) slide

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Verse 3

Gatemouth woman leaning

on the fence

She's got no teeth, she's got no sense

You don't need much intelligence

Doing the slide

The backstreet slide, the

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) 
backstreet slide
G 
 (G major) They're gonna get you,
dead or alive
D 
 (D major) Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
G 
Em 
 (G major) Doing the backstreet slide  (E minor) 
D 
C 
D 
 (D major) Do it all  (C major) day, the  (D major) backstreet slide

Interlude 1
A 
D 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Em 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) Slide over here,

Verse 5
slide over there
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 (G major) Spreading that scandal everywhere
D 
 (D major) Stab you in the back and
they just don't care
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A 
 (G major) Doing the slide  (A major) 
D 
Now  (D major) slander is a loving

Verse 6
tongue
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They  (G major) speak your name to everyone
D 
 (D major) Never is a curse left unsung
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A 
 (G major) Doing the slide  (A major) 
D 
The  (D major) backstreet slide, the

Verse 7
D 
 (D major) 
backstreet slide
G 
 (G major) They're gonna get you, dead or alive
D 
Stab  (D major) you in the back with a kitchen knife
G 
Em 
 (G major) Doing the backstreet slide  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Do it all  (C major) day, the  (D major) backstreet slide

Verse 8
D 
The  (D major) backstreet slide,
the backstreet slide
G 
C 
 (G major) They're gonna get you, dead or alive  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
G 
Em 
 (G major) Doing the backstreet slide  (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) Do it all day, the backstreet slide

Outro 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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Em 
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Em 
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 (F major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (F major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (F major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (F major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (F major)  (A major)  (G major)  (F major) 
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Em 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (F major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Em 
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (F major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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Em 
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 (F major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (F major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) 
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Em 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (F major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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Em 
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 (F major)  (A major)  (G major)  (F major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 