Chords for Elvis Presley - CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD in LIVE on tour 72 (new edit)
Tempo:
101.45 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
Backboard preacher preaching at me, [G] [E] acting like he wrote me.
[A] Shaking his fitness, preaching at me.
[E] Shouting from his sofa, [E] like he's a fool.
[Bb] [B] Come Sunday morning, he's lying in [A] bed,
pouring wine and saying,
if you did you was dead, you'll be in your [E] summer days.
[A]
[E] [A]
Oh, don't you hand me none of [E]
your
[A] Clean up [B] your [Gb] old backyard [A] [E]
[A] pictures.
[B] [E] Drugstore cowboy criticizing.
Acting like he's better than the rest.
[Bm] [A]
Standing on the sidewalk supervising.
[Eb]
Telling everybody how they [E] ought to be.
[B] Come full time, most terrible night,
[A] he's locked up, hiding out,
flashing his nose out of sight,
and he [B] cheats on his wife.
He's [E] in for it.
[A]
[Em] [A] Oh, don't you hand [D] me none of [E] your lies.
Clean up [B] your old backyard [A] pictures.
[B] [E]
Drunk, [A] drunk, and I'm still [B] drunk.
[E]
Aren't you a part of that law, Mr.
Law?
Second guessing people.
[A]
Pushing and pulling and taking it away.
[Em]
Always messing with [E] it.
[B] When you get right down to the nitty gritty,
[A] you're a little pity.
I'm a little pity, man, let me live.
[E]
Clean up [Em] your [A] old
[E]
Clean [B] up your
[A] old
[B] [E]
[A] [E] Clean up [B] your old
Clean up your old backyard [A] pictures.
[E] [N]
Backboard preacher preaching at me, [G] [E] acting like he wrote me.
[A] Shaking his fitness, preaching at me.
[E] Shouting from his sofa, [E] like he's a fool.
[Bb] [B] Come Sunday morning, he's lying in [A] bed,
pouring wine and saying,
if you did you was dead, you'll be in your [E] summer days.
[A]
[E] [A]
Oh, don't you hand me none of [E]
your
[A] Clean up [B] your [Gb] old backyard [A] [E]
[A] pictures.
[B] [E] Drugstore cowboy criticizing.
Acting like he's better than the rest.
[Bm] [A]
Standing on the sidewalk supervising.
[Eb]
Telling everybody how they [E] ought to be.
[B] Come full time, most terrible night,
[A] he's locked up, hiding out,
flashing his nose out of sight,
and he [B] cheats on his wife.
He's [E] in for it.
[A]
[Em] [A] Oh, don't you hand [D] me none of [E] your lies.
Clean up [B] your old backyard [A] pictures.
[B] [E]
Drunk, [A] drunk, and I'm still [B] drunk.
[E]
Aren't you a part of that law, Mr.
Law?
Second guessing people.
[A]
Pushing and pulling and taking it away.
[Em]
Always messing with [E] it.
[B] When you get right down to the nitty gritty,
[A] you're a little pity.
I'm a little pity, man, let me live.
[E]
Clean up [Em] your [A] old
[E]
Clean [B] up your
[A] old
[B] [E]
[A] [E] Clean up [B] your old
Clean up your old backyard [A] pictures.
[E] [N]
Key:
E
A
B
Em
G
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Backboard preacher preaching at me, _ [G] _ _ [E] acting like he wrote me.
_ _ _ _ [A] Shaking his fitness, preaching at me.
_ _ [E] Shouting from his sofa, [E] like he's a fool.
_ [Bb] [B] Come Sunday morning, he's lying in [A] bed,
pouring wine and saying,
if you did you was dead, you'll be in your [E] summer days.
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Oh, don't you hand me none of [E] _
your_
_ _ _ [A] Clean up [B] your [Gb] old backyard _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ pictures.
[B] _ _ [E] Drugstore cowboy criticizing. _ _ _ _
Acting like he's better than the rest.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A]
Standing on the sidewalk supervising.
_ _ [Eb] _
Telling everybody how they [E] ought to be.
_ [B] Come full time, most terrible night,
[A] he's locked up, hiding out,
flashing his nose out of sight,
and he [B] cheats on his wife.
He's [E] in for it.
[A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] Oh, don't _ _ _ _ you hand [D] me none of [E] your lies.
_ _ _ _ Clean up [B] your old backyard [A] pictures.
_ [B] _ [E] _
Drunk, [A] drunk, and I'm still [B] drunk.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Aren't you a part of that law, Mr.
Law? _ _ _
Second guessing people.
_ _ _ _ [A]
Pushing and pulling and taking it away.
_ _ [Em] _ _
Always messing with [E] it. _ _ _
[B] When you get right down to the nitty gritty,
[A] you're a little pity.
I'm a little _ pity, man, let me live.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ Clean up [Em] your [A] old_ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Clean [B] up your _
_ _ [A] old_
_ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ Clean up [B] your old_
Clean up your old backyard _ [A] pictures.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Backboard preacher preaching at me, _ [G] _ _ [E] acting like he wrote me.
_ _ _ _ [A] Shaking his fitness, preaching at me.
_ _ [E] Shouting from his sofa, [E] like he's a fool.
_ [Bb] [B] Come Sunday morning, he's lying in [A] bed,
pouring wine and saying,
if you did you was dead, you'll be in your [E] summer days.
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Oh, don't you hand me none of [E] _
your_
_ _ _ [A] Clean up [B] your [Gb] old backyard _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ pictures.
[B] _ _ [E] Drugstore cowboy criticizing. _ _ _ _
Acting like he's better than the rest.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A]
Standing on the sidewalk supervising.
_ _ [Eb] _
Telling everybody how they [E] ought to be.
_ [B] Come full time, most terrible night,
[A] he's locked up, hiding out,
flashing his nose out of sight,
and he [B] cheats on his wife.
He's [E] in for it.
[A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] Oh, don't _ _ _ _ you hand [D] me none of [E] your lies.
_ _ _ _ Clean up [B] your old backyard [A] pictures.
_ [B] _ [E] _
Drunk, [A] drunk, and I'm still [B] drunk.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Aren't you a part of that law, Mr.
Law? _ _ _
Second guessing people.
_ _ _ _ [A]
Pushing and pulling and taking it away.
_ _ [Em] _ _
Always messing with [E] it. _ _ _
[B] When you get right down to the nitty gritty,
[A] you're a little pity.
I'm a little _ pity, man, let me live.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ Clean up [Em] your [A] old_ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Clean [B] up your _
_ _ [A] old_
_ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ Clean up [B] your old_
Clean up your old backyard _ [A] pictures.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _