Key: Bb major
Verse 1
B
E
B
E
B
F#
F#m
B
Mr. Backlash,
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E
B
E
Just who do think I am
B
E
And send my son to vietnam
B
Verse 2
class houses
And second class schools
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E
Do you think that all the colored folks
F#m
E
Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you
B
F#m
With the backlash blues
Verse 3
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E
B
E
When I try to find a job
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E
To earn a little cash
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E
B
E
All you got to offer
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E
B
Is your mean old white backlash
Big and bright and round
B
E
And it's full of folks like me
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E
B
Who are black, yellow, beige and brown
F#m
F#
F#m
Mr. Back lash,
Interlude 1
F#m
B
E
B
E
B
F#m
F#
F#m
E
B
F#m
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Verse 4
Just what do you think I got to lose
B
E
I'm gonna leave you
B
E
B
With the backlash blues
E
B
E
Not me, just wait and see
F#
B
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