From: "Backless" (1978) play: A Key B For chords in original key transpose +2 [Verse] basic riff 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|------------|------------| B|2-------3-3---2-|--------3-3-----| G|2-------2-2---2-|--------2-2-----| D|2-------4-4---2-|--------4-4-----| A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| E|------------|------------| ------------ CHORDS D/A x-0-4-2-3-x --------------------------- [Intro] | / | % | % | % | | / | % | % | % | [Verse] Blue sky upon the horizon Private eye is on my trail And if I don’t be there by morning You know that I must have spent the night in jail [Verse] I’ve been running from Memphis to L. A. Had an appointment set sometime for today And if I don’t be there by morning You know that I must have gone the other way [Middle 8] Finding my way back to you girl Lonely and blue and mistreated too Sometimes I think of you girl Is it true that you think of me too? [Solo] | / | % | % | % | | / | % | % | % | | | % | % | | | / | % | % | % | [Verse] I got a woman living in L. A. I got a woman waiting for my pay And if I don’t be there by morning Pack my clothes get down on your knees and pray [Middle 8] Finding my way back to you girl Lonely and blue and mistreated too Sometimes I think of you girl Is it true that you think of me too? [Verse] I left my woman with a twenty dollar bill I left her waiting I hope she’s waiting for me still And if I don’t be there by morning You know that I I never will. [Outro] | / | % | % | % | | / | % | % | % | | | % | % | | | / | % | % | % | | / | % | % | % | | / | % | % | % | | | % | % | | (fade out)