BACKBONE CHORDS AND STRUMMING GUITAR & UKULELE – Kaleo

Learn to play “Backbone Chords” by Kaleo. Easy Guitar Chords with Strumming Patterns.

Backbone Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
• Key: Bbm
• Capo: 1st fret
• Chords: Am, F, G, Dm
• Suggested Strumming: D D UDUD D DU
  D= Down Stroke, U = Up Stroke, N.C= No Chords

Backbone Chords Diagram

[Intro]

F Dm Am G
F Dm Am

[Verse 1]

         Am    G
Hold the line, yeah
Dm
Do you fight for pride or glory?
F       G        Am
Do you hold your scars close to your heart?
       Am   G
Fall behind, yeah
Dm
Who will live to tell your story?
F                  G            Am
You were taught to leave no man behind

[Chorus]

F                  Dm
I don't know where you have gone
Am                 G
You used to be the heart of this town
F                  Dm               Am
Now you waste your tears on someone else
F                  Dm
I don't know where you are now
Am                 G
You used to have a heart of gold
F              Dm              Am
Only trust yourself and no one else

[Verse 2]

Am             G
Hold your fire, yeah
Dm
Brave young men will fall before they
F           G                      Am
Ever get to watch their young ones grow
Am           G
Hear me now, yeah
Dm
Carry all my sins and I will
F                 G                Dm
Learn to love the flag and nothing more

[Chorus]

    F                  Dm
Oh, I don't know where you have gone
Am                 G
You used to be the heart of this town
F               Dm               Am
Wasted all your tears on someone else
F                  Dm
I don't know where you are now
Am                 G
You used to have a heart of gold
F                Dm            Am
Only trust yourself and no one else
 
Oh, no one else

[Break]

F Dm Am G
F Dm Am 
F Dm Am G
F Dm Am 

[Bridge]

Oh, oh
Am              Dm               G
You've got your back against the wall
    C             E         Am
Say, where's your backbone, brother?
Am
Where's your backbone, brother?
C            Dm
Where's your backbone, brother?
C            E
Where's your backbone, brother?
Am           F
Where's your backbone, brother?
C            Dm
Where's your backbone, brother?
Am           F                  C
Where's your backbone, brother?

[Outro]

                Dm               G
You've got your back against the wall
     C            G
Say, where's your backbone, brother?
Am           Fm        C
Where's your backbone, brother?
C            F         C
Where's your backbone, brother?

Backbone Track Info

• Song: Backbone
• Artist: KALEO
• Album: Surface Sounds
• Written By: JJ Julius Son
• Release Date: April 17, 2020