Paul Mccartney - Back On My Feet

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back on my feet – paul mccartney
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

paul mccartney
back on my feet ( 1987 )
( paul mccartney/Declan macmanus )

B – side of the single “once upon a long ago”
now bonus track on “flowers in the dirt”

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intro
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Asus2
how many days will the wet weather last?
A G E/G#
i want know will the clouds when they roll back
A F#m
reveal a man in an old mac
Bsus4 B
living on a park bench
Esus4 E
sitting on his own

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Asus2
cut to the rain as it runs down the glass
A G E/G#
eventually through the lightning and thunder
A F#m
we see a man going under
Bsus4 B
this is how it happens
Esus4 E
this is what he said

E A
i don’t need love
E A
though temptation is sweet
E F#m
give me your hand
D A
’til i’m back on my feet
E A
you’re always telling me
E A
about my misery
E F#m
i’ve seen things you’ll never see
D [ A ]
don’t pity me

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Asus2
focus in on the breath of a man
A G E/G#
who takes a brown paper bag from his knapsack
A F#m
between his whispers and wise cracks
Bsus4 B
he’s looking for permission
Esus4 E
screaming at the sky

E A ( 6 )
i don’t need love
E A ( 6 )
though temptation is sweet
E F#m
give me your hand
D A
’til i’m back on my feet
E A
you’re always telling me
E A
about my misery
E F#m
i’ve seen things you’ll never see
D [ A ]
don’t pity me

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C
i’ll be right again
C Asus2 A
be upright without you
C
i’ll stand up again
C Asus2 A
kick up a fuss again too

Asus2
cut back again to a girl walking by
A G E/G#
until the feet that are all shoes and no socks
A F#m
climb an invisible soap bo
x Bsus4 B
laughing at the traffic
Esus4 E
shouting at the world

E A
i don’t need love
E A
though temptation is sweet
E F#m
give me your hand
D A
’til i’m back on my feet
E A
you’re always telling me
E A
about my misery
E F#m
i’ve seen things you’ll never see
D [ A ]
don’t pity me

| Asus2 | % | A | % |

C
i’ll stand up again
C Asus2
kick up a fuss again too
C
i’ll be right again
C Asus2
be upright without you

( we see a life through the eyes of a man
as he live and he dies
by a simple tattoo )

C
i’ll be back again
C Asus2
when i land on my feet
C
i’ll stand up again
C Asus2
kick up a fuss again , wouldn’t you

( well there you go , though we tried hard to know him
it’s there on his face
he’s a case where there’s clearly no hope )

C
give me your hand again
C Asus2
’til i land again

( his face starts to fade
as we pull down the shade
and the picture we made
is in glorious cinemascope )

C
i’ll be back . . .
C Asus2
i’ll be back

( repeat and fade )