Chords for In the back room - Van Morrison

_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ And the back [Eb] roads, _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am]
[Em] I [G] waited for you, [C] _ [Am] _
[E] [Gb] you [G] waited for [Gm] me.
_ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ Rain came down, [Gm] pitter-pat, said what you [Gb] think, it's [G] raining outside, you said [Bb] so what?
She turned the record player on, had [Ab] a smoke, [G] stood up, walked across to the [Gm] jawn, and the cloud of mist, _ [G] couldn't resist.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ A kitty drifted in the hall, [C] she grabbed the door, found a key in [G] the letterbox, she turned the door, walked into the room, [C] said what's going on?
[Eb] _
_ [G] _ I just got back from [C] down the road, _
[Gb] _ [G] I got a couple of bottles of wine, [C] something to turn you _
[G] on.
_ [C] What do you think about that?
[D] _
[G] _ _ _ I [C] said sit down, child, pull up a seat, you're soaking [G] wet, pick up a coat and a hat, wipe [C] your feet on the [G] mat.
And the _ back [C] roads, _ _
[Gb] [G] I _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Gb] [G] waited for you, [Gm] _ _
[C] you [G] waited for me.
[Bb] _ [Am] _ [E] _
[C] _ [G] _ I said what time is it, [C] Johnny, where did we [G] go all day?
_ _ We seem to get nowhere and [C] do nothing but sit looking at each other, [G] he said I know.
I've been doing the same thing [C] for weeks.
_ [Gm] _
[G] _ I look at the [C] clock and all of a sudden I'm hypnotized, it speaks to me, I go [G] tick-tock, tick-tock, [C] tick-tock.
_ [G] _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ The kitty said [C] I don't know what you guys do, but I've been working so hard lately that I get [G] home and just fall asleep in bed.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [G] _ _ So we [C] played some more sounds and grooved a [A] while, [G] _ _ somebody [F] brought [C] out some cherry wine, [G] cherry wine.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
And we [G] talked about what was going on in the music world, [C] another [Am] thing.
[Gm] _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ Rain [C] outside came [Gm] down like it came never [G] before, down, [Gm] came, down, came, rain, [C] rain, rain.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ And I said baby what time is [G] it, what time is it, tell me what time [C] is it?
[Gm] _
_ _ _ About 4 [C].30.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] So I pinned round the corner of the [C] blinds and there you go, lots of little girls coming [G] home from school, looking so cool.
[C] Just around the age of these, he [F] said, [G] hey man, don't look funny, all the little girls coming home [C] from school.
And they're sitting talking and drinking and [G] all them other funny things.
_ [C] _ [E] _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ He turned and said to me, [C] you know what?
I said what? _
_ [G] _ _ He said man, [C] you gotta go out there and [Bm] do something for [G] yourself.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] If you like what I'm making or else you're gonna be sitting around here like nothing.
[C] I said you're right, [G] I said you're so right.
[Gm] He said I [C] know.
I said, [G] do you?
_ _ _ [Gm] He said you [C] know you're cutting records, [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ cutting records right, [G] you can't do that.
_ [C] Get through all the time, you're gonna be out [Gbm] on the [G] road, in the backseat, man, on [C] the highway.
[Gm] _
And the colors are gonna run.
_ [C] _ All of a sudden don't you [G] feel sick, next gig, you gotta [C] make it.
[Bb] I said yeah I feel [G] sick.
_ _ I said [C] you know I can't stay here all the time as much [G] as I'd like to but just loon [C] about all day and all night.
And dig sands and [G] go down to the river.
_ _ [Gm] [C] And once the [Dm] artists go through [G] the motions, _ _ _ _ [Em] gotta do my thing.
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
Gotta [G] do my thing.
[C] In the _
_ [G] back room.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _
[E] In the [G] back room.
_ [C] _ _ _