Biography:
Burton Cummings; singer, pianist, songwriter was born in the Canadian city of Winnipeg on December 31st, 1947. He played with a band called the Deverons before joining The Guess Who as lead vocalist in 1965. After spending ten years with that band, he decided to pursue a solo career. His first self-titled album was released in 1976. The single, "Stand Tall," sold over a million copies. He has written and co-written many of The Guess Who's tracks, as well as his own singles.
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Other songs:
- A Song For Him
- A Touch Of Morning
- Above The Ground
- Any Minor Miracle
- Back Toward The Middle
- Bad News
- Blossom
- Boring Dreams
- Break It To Them Gently
- Burch Magic
- Cerebral World
- Charlemagne
- Combustion
- Crazy If You Mess With The Gods
- Creepin Peepin Baby Blues
- Dream
- Dream Of A Child
- Face Value
- Feels All Wrong
- Fine State Of Affairs
- Firefly
- Framed
- Free
- Gettin My Daddys Car
- Goodnight Everybody
- Guns Guns Guns
- Had To Be You
- Heal Me Music
- Heard It On The News
- Heart
- Heavenly Blue
- I Will Always Wait For You
- I Will Play A Rhapsody
- Im Scared
- Junior Wont Behave
- Love Dream
- My Own Way To Rock
- Not Too Appealing
- Nothin Wrong With The Road
- One And Only
- One Day Soon
- Permissible To Cry
- Real Good
- Revelation
- Save A Smile
- Shes Your Lover
- Someone To Lean On
- Something Old Something New
- Stand Tall
- Sugartime Flashback Joys
- Take One Away
- The Rocks Steady
- The Workaday
- Timeless Love
- Wakin Up Today
- Will You Show Me
- You Saved My Soul
- Your Backyard
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Your Backyard
Burton Cummings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdT6f6foZEI
[Intro] G
[Verse 1]
G
I wrote you long love letters
C G
Mama, I sent 'em on day by day
D
I need you now even more than I did before
G
But as I'm lookin' here's your daddy
C G
Comin' with a big ol' shotgun too
D G C G
My lovin' situation lookin' mighty poor
[Chorus 1]
G
So if you're really wonderin'
C G
What I'm doin' in your backyard
D
I told you baby, I'd beat it home so soon
G
But if you're really worried
C G
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
D G C G
Come out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon.
[Verse 2]
G
I had some dreams and fortunes ready
C G
Mama, I got carried away
D
And lookin' back even more than I did before
G
But as I'm keepin' creepin' hidin' and sleepin'
C G
There's your daddy with the shotgun too
D G C G
My lovin' situation ain't nothin' but poor
[Chorus 2]
G
So if you're really worried
C G
'Bout what I'm doin' in your backyard
D
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
G
But if you're really worried
C G
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
D G C G
C'mon out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon
[Instrumental]
[song goes up a tone for the rest of the song]
A D A E
A D A E
A D A
[Verse 3]
N.C.
Baby thinkin' bout it
A
Really might be wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin'
D A
Honey lookin' in your backyard
E
You worry 'bout nothin', you got nothin' on your mind but me
A
But as I'm layin' on my back about
D A
Thinkin' bout summertime, gettin' back all the way
E A D A
Everything I see, honey remindin' me
[Verse 4]
A
C'mon get your lovin' man
D A
C'mon and get him while he's hot, get him on the run
E
Baby hear you're lookin' but really too blind to see, ho hey
A
Whatcha gonna think about a wham-bam thank-you ma'am
D A
Where you goin' on the wildwood trail
E A D A
Everything I see, honey remindin' me
[Chorus 3]
A
Baby might be thinkin' bout a-really livin' back
D A
Layin' back, standin' in your backyard
E
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
A
If you're really wonderin'
D A
What I'm doin' in your backyard
E A D A
C'mon out later babe, show you by the light of the moon
========================================
[Notes:]
(Honky Tonk piano style is played throughout this song with the guitar playing power chords.)
(Use this pattern for all the other power chords.)
G
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
E|--3--3----3--3-------|
Burton Cummings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdT6f6foZEI
[Intro] G
[Verse 1]
G
I wrote you long love letters
C G
Mama, I sent 'em on day by day
D
I need you now even more than I did before
G
But as I'm lookin' here's your daddy
C G
Comin' with a big ol' shotgun too
D G C G
My lovin' situation lookin' mighty poor
[Chorus 1]
G
So if you're really wonderin'
C G
What I'm doin' in your backyard
D
I told you baby, I'd beat it home so soon
G
But if you're really worried
C G
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
D G C G
Come out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon.
[Verse 2]
G
I had some dreams and fortunes ready
C G
Mama, I got carried away
D
And lookin' back even more than I did before
G
But as I'm keepin' creepin' hidin' and sleepin'
C G
There's your daddy with the shotgun too
D G C G
My lovin' situation ain't nothin' but poor
[Chorus 2]
G
So if you're really worried
C G
'Bout what I'm doin' in your backyard
D
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
G
But if you're really worried
C G
About what I'm doin' in your backyard
D G C G
C'mon out later, I'll show you by the light of the moon
[Instrumental]
[song goes up a tone for the rest of the song]
A D A E
A D A E
A D A
[Verse 3]
N.C.
Baby thinkin' bout it
A
Really might be wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin'
D A
Honey lookin' in your backyard
E
You worry 'bout nothin', you got nothin' on your mind but me
A
But as I'm layin' on my back about
D A
Thinkin' bout summertime, gettin' back all the way
E A D A
Everything I see, honey remindin' me
[Verse 4]
A
C'mon get your lovin' man
D A
C'mon and get him while he's hot, get him on the run
E
Baby hear you're lookin' but really too blind to see, ho hey
A
Whatcha gonna think about a wham-bam thank-you ma'am
D A
Where you goin' on the wildwood trail
E A D A
Everything I see, honey remindin' me
[Chorus 3]
A
Baby might be thinkin' bout a-really livin' back
D A
Layin' back, standin' in your backyard
E
I told you baby, I was beatin' it home so soon
A
If you're really wonderin'
D A
What I'm doin' in your backyard
E A D A
C'mon out later babe, show you by the light of the moon
========================================
[Notes:]
(Honky Tonk piano style is played throughout this song with the guitar playing power chords.)
(Use this pattern for all the other power chords.)
G
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|--5--5h7--5--5h7-----|
E|--3--3----3--3-------|
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