Biography:
The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their sound is influenced by that of such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, but they use much more sophisticated rhythms and chord changes. Although it was widely reported that the New Pornographers got their name from a pamphlet put out by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart condemning rock ‘n’ roll as “the new pornography,” Carl Newman
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- Bite Out Of My Bed
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- Broken Breads
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- Darling Shade
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- Go Places
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- Hi
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- Second Sleep
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- Streets Of Fire
- Testament To Youth In Verse
- The Body Says No
- The Electric Version
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- The Fake Headlines
- The Laws Have Changed
- The New Face Of Zero And One
- The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism
- These Are The Fables
- This Is The World Of The Theater
- Twin Cinema
- Unguided
- Up In The Dark
- Use It
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# PLEASE NOTE #
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
# #
Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Brill Bruisers
Song: Backstairs
tabber: John Baer ([email protected])
tabbed on 09/02/2014
(INTRO VERSE: ELO voice and snyths): G#m
B Bbm
"Taking the backstairs, taking the back stairs,
G# G#, G#m
taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"
B Bbm
"Taking the backstairs, taking the back stairs,
G#
taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"
(VERSE:)
G# G#m
Before I knew, to chose the music of celebrity
B Bbm G# C#
I sang backups on the backstairs, the backstairs,
G#
the backstairs (taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs)
G# G#m
I wore out grooves, sneaking around the servants quarters, oh
B Bbm G#
So I knew my way around the backstairs
(CHORUS:)
B F# G#
There is another west, you'll find out, it's nearly thunderous
B F# G#
There is another west, much wilder, you feel it under us
B F# C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
(BREAK 1): G#, G#m, B, Bbm, G#
(VERSE:)
G# G#m
I move so slow, I didn't know that I was backing out
B Bbm G#
It was getting backed out on the backstairs
C# G#
The backstairs, the backstairs
(BREAK 2): B, G#, B, G#...
(BRIDGE:)
B (F#) G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won
B (F#) G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won
C#m (F#) G# G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won.......(buildup to a pause)
(CHORUS:)
B F# G#
There is another west, you'll find out, it's nearly thunderous
B F# G#
There is another west, much wilder, you feel it under us
B F# C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
B F# C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
(OUTRO:)
G# G#m
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
B Bbm G#
(And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and no more/
taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs,
G#m G#
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
B Bbm G#
(And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and no more/
taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs,
G# G#m
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
B Bbm G#
(I knew my way around the backstairs)
(....fade out)
Cheers, and Buy Mass Romantic, Electric Version, Twin Cinema,
Challengers, Together, and BRILL BRUISERS!
www.thenewpornographers.com
John Baer
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
# #
Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Brill Bruisers
Song: Backstairs
tabber: John Baer ([email protected])
tabbed on 09/02/2014
(INTRO VERSE: ELO voice and snyths): G#m
B Bbm
"Taking the backstairs, taking the back stairs,
G# G#, G#m
taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"
B Bbm
"Taking the backstairs, taking the back stairs,
G#
taking the back stairs, taking the back stairs"
(VERSE:)
G# G#m
Before I knew, to chose the music of celebrity
B Bbm G# C#
I sang backups on the backstairs, the backstairs,
G#
the backstairs (taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs)
G# G#m
I wore out grooves, sneaking around the servants quarters, oh
B Bbm G#
So I knew my way around the backstairs
(CHORUS:)
B F# G#
There is another west, you'll find out, it's nearly thunderous
B F# G#
There is another west, much wilder, you feel it under us
B F# C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
(BREAK 1): G#, G#m, B, Bbm, G#
(VERSE:)
G# G#m
I move so slow, I didn't know that I was backing out
B Bbm G#
It was getting backed out on the backstairs
C# G#
The backstairs, the backstairs
(BREAK 2): B, G#, B, G#...
(BRIDGE:)
B (F#) G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won
B (F#) G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won
C#m (F#) G# G#
And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and I won.......(buildup to a pause)
(CHORUS:)
B F# G#
There is another west, you'll find out, it's nearly thunderous
B F# G#
There is another west, much wilder, you feel it under us
B F# C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
B F# C#
And yet another west: a new one when you arriiiiive...
(OUTRO:)
G# G#m
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
B Bbm G#
(And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and no more/
taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs,
G#m G#
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
B Bbm G#
(And I came, and I saw, and I ran, and no more/
taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs,
G# G#m
Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs
B Bbm G#
(I knew my way around the backstairs)
(....fade out)
Cheers, and Buy Mass Romantic, Electric Version, Twin Cinema,
Challengers, Together, and BRILL BRUISERS!
www.thenewpornographers.com
John Baer
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