Better Back Off chords by Marshall Crenshaw

Key: A

Intro:
A    D  A   E    A  E x2

Verse 1:
E    A      D  A    E  A  E
Well you can’t always get what you want
    F#m     D  E    G D
No, you can’t always get what you need
D      G  D    C#m     F#m
Sometime you lose what you thought you had
       G    Bm   F#m
Now that’s a real bad deal indeed

Verse 2:
        A    D  A E  A  E
But when you’re angry at life itself
F#m   D  E  G D
Having a bad, bad day
D        G  D C#m  F#m
Don’t judge yourself so brutally
    G         Bm    F#m  A
I can’t stand it when you talk that way

Chorus:
  E   F#m
Oh baby, baby
    C#m       D
Better back off of that stuff
       E
You’d better take it slow
 D
I know you know
      F#m      D     E
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love

Verse 3:
    A     D   A E   A  E
Did you say what I think I heard
    F#m     D   E  G  D
Did you mean what I think you said
D       G D C#m    F#m
Why don’t you redirect your rage
   G    D   Bm
Onto somebody else instead

Verse 4:
    A      D   A  E  A  E
Now we all have to cross that line
    F#m    D A G  D
Between sorrow and happiness
D     G  D  C#m   F#m
Come over here and take my hand
     G       Bm   F#m  A
Won’t you please give us both a rest?

Chorus:
  E   F#m
Oh baby, baby
    C#m       D
Better back off of that stuff
       E
You’d better take it slow
 D
I know you know
      Bm      D     E
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love
A E   F#m
Oh baby, baby
C#m     D
I’ve heard enough
D         E
‘Cause I know you will come through
    D
And you know it too
    F#m      D     E
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love
       F#m      D     E
Yeah, you’re talking ‘bout someone I love

Solo:
E    E A D    D D A     A A  E / A / E / A / E / A x4

E / A / E / A / E / A x3
E / A / E / A / E

B    E  B   F#    B  F#
G#m   E  B     A     E
E    A  E  F9   G#m
E     C#m     F#m    A

Chorus:
  E   F#m
Oh baby, baby
    Cm6       D
Better back off of that stuff
       E
You’d better take it slow
 D
I know you know
      Bm      D     E
That you’re talking ‘bout someone I love
  E   F#m
Oh baby, baby
Cm6    D
I’ve heard enough
         E
‘Cause I know you will come through
    D
And you know it too
    Bm      D     A
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love
    Bm      D     A
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love
    Bm      D     A
You’re talking ‘bout someone I love

(Fade Out)