Backlash Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Mr.[C] Ba[G]ckl[C]ash[G],[D][Dm][G]
Mr. Back[C]lash
[G]Just who do [C]think I a[G]m[C]
[G]You raise my taxes,
freeze my [C]wages
[G]And send my son to v[C]ietnam
[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]You give me second
class houses
And second class schools
[G]Do you think that all the colored folks[C]
Are [G]just second class fools
Mr. Back[Dm]lash, [C]I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash [G]blues[Dm]

[Verse 3]
[G]When I try[C] to find a j[G]ob[C]
[G]To earn [C]a little cash
[G]All you[C] got to off[G]er[C]
Is [G]your mean old white [C]back[G]lash
[C]But the world is big
Big and bright and round
[G]And it's full of folks like me[C]
Who [G]are black, yellow, [C]beige [G]and brown
Mr. [Dm]Back[D] las[Dm]h,
[C]I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash [G]blues

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][G][C][G]
[C][G]
[Dm][D][Dm][C][G][Dm][C]

[Verse 4]
Mr. Backlash, Mr. [C]Backlash
Just what do you think I got to lose
[G]I'm gonna leave you[C]
With the [G]backlash [C]blues[G]
[D]You're the one will have the blues
Not [C]me, just wait and [G]see[C]
[D][G]