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[Verse 1]
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Down the Backwater junction rolling down the line
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In the dark early morning I heard the one-forty-nine
D
I was walking down the highway, needed somewhere to go
A
A lady laid beside me and she invited me home
GDA
She left me cold, tired and hungry down the backwater road
[Verse 2]
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In a house on the corner looking over the track
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I woke up with a fever and a pain in my back
D
She was laying there beside me, my fever started to grow
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I had a funny feeling but the lady said no
GDA
The lover needs a doctor down the Backwater Road
G N.C. D N.C. A
Yeah, the lover needs a doctor down the Backwater Road
CD
(Down the backwater road, down the backwater road)
A
Down the backwater road
CD
(Down the backwater road, down the backwater road)
N.C. A
Yeah, down the backwater road
[Bridge]
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Whatcha lookin' for, whatcha lookin' for
GD
Lady do you know what cha' lookin' for
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Was I wrong to play along?
GD
Lady was I right or lady was I wrong?
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Whatcha lookin' for, whatcha lookin' for
GD
Lady do you know what cha' lookin' for
A
Was I wrong to play along?
G D N.C.
Lady was I right or lady was I wrong?
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Backwater doctor, you've got me breathing in time
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It's ten-thirty in the morning and I'm feeling alright
D
I went back to my lady but I wasn't to know
A
Lady left this morning and she's not coming home
GDA
I was cold when she left me down the Backwater Road
G N.C. D N.C. A
I was cold when she left me down the Backwater Road
CD
(Down the backwater road, down the backwater road)
A
Yeah, the backwater road
CD
(Down the backwater road, down the backwater road)
A
Yeah, down the backwater road
C D N.C.
(Down the backwater road, down the backwater road)
CAGD
Down the backwater road, yeah, yeah
FAGD
Yeah, down the backwater road, yeah, yeah
FAGD
Down the backwater road, yeah, yeah
FAGD
Yeah, the backwater road, yeah, yeah
FAGD
Down the backwater road, yeah,
FA
Down the backwater road
[Outro]
CDFA
Yeah, down the backwater road