Chords
Backstreet Lovers

Key: G

Introduction:  G   C   Em   D  

difficulty
very easy |||||
 G                 C                                 Em 
Razor tea-cups and tip top craic
                                 D                                         G 
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons
                         C                                       Em 
Lawless law men walk the streets of
                                   D                                               G 
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns
                                   C                                     Em 
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I
 D                                   G 
ran off with your sister
                               C                                       Em 
a young school maid, caught up in a world of
                       D 
Backstreet Lovers.
                         C             D               Em               G                             C 
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
         D                                         G 
at least that's what she said.
 G                         C                       Em 
Rotting teeth of a grubby gran
                                               D                                     G 
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts
                         C                             Em 
a skin-head dad came cap in hand
                                       D                                       G 
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun
                           C                                                     Em 
still on the dole, though the picket was broken
     D                       G 
a soiled age ago.
                                 C                                     Em 
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of
                       D 
Backstreet Lovers
                         C             D               Em               G                   C 
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
         D                                     Em 
at least that's what she said.
                                 C                                           G 
tangled in the roots and tangled in the weeds
                               D                                                 Em 
of a concrete jungle came that girl from Leeds
                                     C 
in torn dress and tights,
                             G 
she ain't no slag.
                       D                           C 
i won her over with a '40 bag.
       D               G                   C 
I waved her away to a friend
         D                                         G 
at least that's what she said.
 G                 C                                 Em 
Razor tea-cups and tip top craic
                                 D                                         G 
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons
                         C                                       Em 
Lawless law men walk the streets of
                                   D                                               G 
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns
                                   C                                     Em 
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I
 D                                   G 
ran off with your sister
                               C                                       Em 
a young school maid, caught up in a world of
                       D 
Backstreet Lovers.
                         C             D               Em               G                             C 
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
         D                                         G 
at least that's what she said.
 G                           C                       Em 
Rotting teeth of a grubby gran
                                               D                                     G 
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts
                         C                             Em 
a skin-head dad came cap in hand
                                       D                                       G 
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun
                           C                                                     Em 
still on the dole, though the picket was broken
     D                       G 
a soiled age ago.
                                 C                                     Em 
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of
                       D 
Backstreet Lovers
                         G 
Lovers and sons