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Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala, written by Kevin Parker, echoes feelings of frustration and stagnation within a relationship. Parker has commented that the song came about quickly and naturally, with the arrangement and melody coming to him almost instantaneously.

Key: F

Introduction:  Gm  

                 F        C           Gm 
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
               F        C    Gm 
Every part of me says go ahead
                    F         C   Gm 
I got my hopes up again, oh no not again
               F        C          Gm 
Feels like we only go backwards darlin' 

 Dm                                                      C7M/G 
I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name
                                    Dm 
But I hear it inside my head all day
                                                       G 
when I realize I' m just holding on to the hope that maybe
                     Gm 
Your feelings don' t show

                 F        C           Gm 
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
               F        C    Gm 
Every part of me says go ahead
                    F         C   Gm 
I got my hopes up again, oh no not again
                  F        C          Gm 
It feels like we only go backwards darlin' 

 Dm                                  C7M/G 
The seed of all this indecision isn' t me, oh no
 C7M/G 
Cause I decided long ago
 Dm                                                                        G 
but that' s the way it seems to go when trying so hard to get to something real
    Gm 
It feels

                 F        C           Gm 
It feels like I only go backwards, darlin' 
               F        C    Gm 
Every part of me says go ahead
                    F         C   Gm 
I got my hopes up again, oh no not again
               F        C          Gm 
Feels like we only go backwards darlin' 
                 F        C           Gm 
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
               F        C    Gm 
Every part of me says go ahead
                    F         C   Gm 
I got my hopes up again, oh no not again
               F        C          Gm 
Feels like we only go backwards darlin' 
                 F        C           Gm 
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
               F        C    Gm 
Every part of me says go ahead
                    F         C   Gm 
I got my hopes up again, oh no not again
               F        C          Gm 
Feels like we only go backwards darlin'