Chords for Back Stabbers (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - December 1973)

We'd like to pass on a word of advice from us to [F] you to simply beware [Cm] of the backstabbers.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [G] _ What they do?
[Cm] They smile at your [Bb] face all the time, wanna take your place, the [G] backstabbers.
[Cm] Backstabbers?
They smile at your [Bb] face all the time, wanna take your place, the [Gm] backstabbers.
Backstabbers?
[Cm] All you parents who want some more, you really [Eb] can't [F] get.
All [Cm] _ _ of us who better [F] beware. _
_ _ [Eb] Somebody, [Ab] _ [Bb] a few of your buddies, they show some [Eb] faith.
They're so [Ab] long, a fight in their [Fm] fist, ain't it strange to [G] me.
[Gm] What they do?
They smile at your face [Bb] all the time, wanna take your place, the backstabbers.
[G] Listen, [Cm] I keep hearing it all the time from my [Eb] friends, [F] yeah.
What they're doing [Cm] to me, again _ [F] and again and again, yeah.
[Eb] So [Ab] why they dare to see my woman, I ain't letting go, but they just keep [Eb] on coming.
What they [Ab] do?
Get on the right [Fm] track, twist and [G] take some of these men off my back.
[Gm] What they do?
They smile at your face [Bb] all the time, wanna take your place, the [Ab] backstabbers.
[G] Listen, my [Gm] boss, I, [Cm] I, [Bb] I, I, I, _ I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, [Gm] I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, [F] I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, _ [G] _
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
[Cm] What they give?
There's in your [Bb] face
Marten base heads
[Ab] Marten base [B] head Sometimes
_ [Cm] Hardly
Fallen in your [Bb] face
Mine [Ab] own me
[Gm] No lie Stealther
[Cm] Lie and tell
[Bb] Lie and die
Run and hide
[Gm] _ _ [B] _ [Cm] Mighty young [Bb] baby
Your next door baby Yeah [B] yeah
Mine own me Strawberry [G] Cheeks _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] Dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, [G] dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, [Ab] dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty,
dirty, [B] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, [Ab] dirty, [F] dirty, dirty, dirty, _ [Cm] dirty, _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] dirty, [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Lord, [Ab] Lord, I'm like, yeah, [B] when you sing this song, [Cm] yeah, they're smiling in your [Bb] face.
Lord, Lord, I'm like, yeah, if you ain't [B] lying, [Cm] smiling in your face.
[Bb] Lord, Lord, I'm [Gm] like, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah, [Cm] yeah, yeah, smiling in your [Bb] face.
Lord, Lord, [Gm] I'm like, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah, [Cm] yeah, smiling in your face.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[B] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] Would you do us a great favor, would you get together and give the band a real nice [Cm] round of applause if you would, huh?
[F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ Come [F] on, you can do better, make them feel.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] Listen, we [F] like to sort of, I like to sort of [G] take the time and introduce you [F] to my fellows, the cats [G] that I do my thing with.
[Dm] The gentleman down on the corner, [A] the different colored cat, [F] his name is [G] Mr.
William Powell, he's a [F] Capricorn, would you show him that you like him, huh?
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ From time to [Cm] time, it seems like everywhere we go, the [F] ladies seem to think that he's [Gm] cute, [F] handsome, what [Gm] they use the word that they use.
From time to time, [Dm] I have to ask him what he gonna do with [G] this one of the lads, and I [F] come on him like this, I say, tell me, I say, hey, wait, [F] what you gonna do, [Cm] what you gonna do, [F] he say, you got [C] to, you know, [Bb] that's what you gotta [Cm] do, that's what you gotta [F] do.
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ The gentleman [Gm] in the middle, his name is [Dm] Mr.
Walter Williams, he's a Virgo, [Cm] would you show him that you like him, huh?
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] From [E] time to time, [G] we call him Mr.
Smooth, [F] that's because he does everything so [Cm] slow and easy, [F] and ladies, when I say everything, I mean everything.
[Cm] _ _ [F] From time to time, I have to ask him what he gonna do with this one of the lads, [Ab] and I come on him like this, I [Db] say, tell me, boy, I [G] wanna know, hey, boy, [F] what you gonna do, [Cm] what you gonna do, [Dm] he say, you got [Cm] to, you [F] know, that's what you gotta do. _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] My name is Eddie [D] Laverde, and I'm a Gemini, y [F]'all show me that you like me.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ [F] From time to time, these [C] cats, they call me the [F] greedy one, that's simply [G] because I can't get enough of [Dm] nothing, you know what I'm saying?
[Cm] And from time to time, [Bb] they ask me, well, what you gonna do with your [Ab] greedy self, and I come on them [F] like this, I tell them, they say, listen, [Gm] hey, hey, [Fm] what you gonna [Cm] do, what you gonna do, [F] I say, I got [Cm] to, you [F] know, [Cm] that's what you gotta [F] do, do it, do it, [C] do it, how [G] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] you gonna do [Cm] it, huh?
[N] _ _