Backbay chords by Lobo
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Out of
work I took a job as a
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Hand on a boat
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In a town called Matlache
On my first day off I was
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Sitting drinking beer
C
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At a bar called the dock of the bay
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Verse 2
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When in walked a woman
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That every man eyed
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C
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But her eyes stayed right on me
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The guy next to me he
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Whispered real low
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There's more to her than you can see
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Verse 3
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She comes from the back bay
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Better stay away
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She lives up on the back bay
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And then he moved on away
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Verse 4
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Well she came and sat down
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And the hours flew by
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And the beer flowed just like the tide
The sun went down and
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the moon came up
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And there was fire in her eyes
Verse 5
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She took me for a ride in
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the white moonlight
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C
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In a boat like I've never seen
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As the bay flew by the sky was alive
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I was seeing things that I've
never seen
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Verse 6
She said you're going to
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F
the back bay
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You're gonna see my ways
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Cause there's magic on the back bay
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You might even want to stay
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Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Well I woke in the morning to
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Her house boat rocking
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Eye to eye with an old brown hound
There was fresh mullet frying
And strange birds crying
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And no one else for miles around
Verse 8
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I saw her standing there with
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The breeze in her hair
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C
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I knew I never wanted to leave
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I saw all my things around I
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Knew she'd been back into town
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And already mad the move for me
Verse 9
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She said you're moving to
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the back bay
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You're gonna see my ways
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You're gonna love it on the back bay
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And you're always gonna
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G
stay
Outro 1
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