Backbone chords by Pat Boone

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Verse 1
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Ready for this?
Kick it, kick it
Backbone
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DJ DJ Backbone
Kick it
Uh, uh, uh, uh
Em 
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Gut check, respect the backbone
Em 
Cause back home we reject
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the Mac clones
Em 
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No  props for no chops, you know the story
Em 
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No guts,  no glory, it's preparatory
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The game of life, it ain't a game,
it's all real
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Em 
You either take control, or catch a raw deal
Not what you want to be,
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the leader of the pack
Or the brother doing crack,
getting played to the back
Em 
It's all around you
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Every way to get down or get high
Em 
Yeah
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And all the pushers could care less
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Em 
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If you live or die
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Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh
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Em 
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What you gonna do?
Em 
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Your friends offer so liberally
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Em 
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Yeah, yeah -yeah -yeah
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Em 
Tell you what I do
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Em 
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I'm gonna live my own life for me
Em 
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Oh  -oh -oh -oh -oh
Em 
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Show me a little backbone
Em 
You can do it
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Em 
Show me a little backbone,
live through it.
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Tell the man you said no,
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he can shove it.
Em 
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Em 
Make your mind up on your own,
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you'll love it.
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Bm 
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Take a stand and be strong,
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that's called backbone.
Em 
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Em 
Uh, uh, uh, uh, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna,
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Em 
wanna be the man, be the man, how you livin'?
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How you treatin' women?
Are you winnin' or you slippin'?
Em 
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Comin' at em' with the
love or the venom?
Em 
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Are you comin' with respect
or do you resent em'?
Em 
Are you comin' casually
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with the rugged roar?
Em 
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You can become a casualty of a  war.
Em 
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It's high stakes in love games
and these days, deep graves
await players to be played.
Em 
Lookin' for a quick lane,
it's passe
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Checkin' what the books say
Em 
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The last days is right upon us
Em 
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The higher powers tryin' to warn us
Em 
Lurkin' in the corners,
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it's the fourth plague now upon us
Em 
To the ladies,
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put the lovers in the fast lane
Em 
They tryin' to get the love
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before you get your last lane
Em 
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Stand up  and have a backbone
Make them wait,
because these deadly diseases
will not discriminate
Em 
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Show me a little backbone
Em 
You can do it
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Em 
Show me a little backbone
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Em 
Live through it,
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tell the man you said no
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He can shove it,
Em 
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Em 
make your mind up on your own
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Bm 
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You'll love it, drink a stand and be strong
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Em 
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Em 
Say what? Let's call backbone
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Em 
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Dm 
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Em 
You've had enough of folks
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Em 
who are trying to shove you around
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Em 
Well, just one more time,
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Em 
the next guy that pushes you will go down,
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trust me on that.
Check it, check it.
Em 
Check the vertebrae, the spineless,
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Em 
be the kindest.
Following the trends that us,
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Em 
the ends get us.
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You got to figure what your mind is
and stand behind it.
Have a little backbone,
beat your mind with it.
Em 
The thought patterns of leadership,
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Em 
be the ship's captain.
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Em 
Put your back in, take the heat with it
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Take a stand, be the man until the end
Cause a brother in the
gang can never win
Em 
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Show me a little backbone
Em 
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Show me a little end to it
Em 
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Show me a little backbone
Em 
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Em 
Live through it
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Tell the man you said no
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He can shove it
Em 
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Em 
Make your mind up on your own
You'll love it
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Take a stand and be strong
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Do it. Last ball, back ball.
Em 
Back ball. Uh. Yeah.
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You can do it. Uh. Uh.
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Do it. Uh. Lift. Do it. Uh.
Em 
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Em 
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Show me a little backbone, you can do it
Show me a little backbone,
Em 
live through it
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Tell a man you said no, he can shove it
Em 
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Make your mind up on your own,
Em 
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you'll love
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Bm 
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Trick or turn and be smart
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That's right
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That's called backbone
Backbone
Em 
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Yeah, uh, yeah, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Em 
Show me a little backbone
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Em 
Uh huh
You can do it
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Do it
Em 
Show me a   little backbone
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Backbone
Em 
Get through it
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Tell a man you said no
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He can shove it
Em 
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Make your mind up on your own
Em 
Uh huh
You'll love it
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Bm 
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To get this bend and beat
Stroke
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That's called backbone
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Em 
Backbone
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Backbone
Em 
So bend it on backbone
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Oh yeah
Em 
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And you, you can do it
Em 
So bend it  on backbone
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Em 
And you can get through
Right
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Tell the man you said no
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What? He can shove it
Yeah
Em 
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Em 
Make your mind up on your own
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You'll love it
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Bm 
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Take a stand and be strong
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Back for backbone
Em 
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Show me a little backbone
Gut check, respect the backbone
Show me a little backbone
Show a little back, show a little back
Show me a little backbone
Backbone, gotcha,
respect the backbone
Stormy Little Backbone
Have a little back, have a little back
Stormy Little Backbone