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