intro (4x)
D C
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
G|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D|--12-(barre)---------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
verse (with riff):
D C
I'm on the chopping block
D C
chopping off my stopping thought
D C
self-doubt and selfism
D C
were the cheapest things I ever bought
D Am7
when you say it's love
D Am7
d'you mean the back of love?
D Am7
when you say it's love
D Am7
d'you mean the back of love?

chorus:
D Cadd9 (x32033) D Cadd9
we're taking advantage of
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
breaking the back of love
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
taking advantage of
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
breaking the back of love

D C
easier said than done you said
D C
but it's more difficult to say
D C
with eyes bigger than our bellies
D C
we want to but we can't look away
D Am7
what were you thinking of
D Am7
when you dreamt that up?
D Am7
what were you thinking of
D Am7
when you dreamt that up?

D C/E D Dsus4 D/A
E|-----------|-----------|---------|------|
B|-----------|-----------|---------|------|
G|--7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5--|--11-12--|--14--|
D|--0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--|--0--0---|--0---|
A|-----------|-----------|---------|------|
E|-----------|-----------|---------|------|
taking advantage of
breaking the back of love

bridge:
|A|E/D/|A|E/D/|

D Em Bm
when you're surrounded by
D Em Bm
a simple chain of events
D Em Bm
eventually
D Em Bm
you'll shack those shackles off

verse (with intro riff):
D C
we can't tell our left from right
D C
but we know we love extremes
D C
getting to grips with the ups and downs
D C
because there's nothing in between
D Am7
when you say that's love
D Am7
d'you mean the back of love?
D Am7
when you say that's love
D Am7
d'you mean the back of love?

(as before with riff)
D C/E D Dsus4 D/A
taking advantage of
D C/E D Dsus4 D/A
breaking the back of love

E (with drums)
what were you thinking of
when you dreamt that up?

D Cadd9 D Cadd9
we're taking advantage of
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
breaking the back of love
C E D
breaking the back of love

John Dioso
76711.2312@compuserve.com

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THE BACK OF LOVE bass tab
by echo and the bunnymen
tabbed by:erik u pil101@yahoo.com

G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-5-3---3-5-3---3-----------------------------------------verse
E------5-------5------------------------------------------

"when you say it's love..."
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------x4
E-10----5-------------------------------------------------

"we're taking advantage of..."
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-5--3---0h5--3-------------------------------------------x 8
E---------------------------------------------------------

"taking advantage of" (notes approximate, play fast)
G-77777777-99999999-1111111111-12122121212-1414144144141414
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------x2
E----------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------777777777-55555555----------77777777-55555555---
E-55555555--------------------55555555---------------------

"when you're surrounded by..."
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-55555555/77777777/2222222222222222----------------------x4
E---------------------------------------------------------

"what were you thinking of"
seems just ringing out the low open "e"

"we're taking advantage of..."
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-55555555-77777777-99999999-101010101010-1221212121212---
E---------------------------------------------------------

G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E-33333333/7777777/5--------------------------------------