Doors - Back Door Man guitar chord

Back Door Man - The Doors

Chords transcribed by Stefano Serafin

barleycorn@infinito.it

Easiest 12 bar blues in the world, key of A.

When passing from A to D (4th to 5th bar) slide down chords

A-G#-G and play D/F#.

Use pentatonic A scale (A C D E G) for solos.

intro: 12 bars, all in A, band in at 9th.

    A       A                      A     A  D  D

Oh yeah, ma, yeah I'm a back door man

                 A  A

I'm a back door man

     E                       D                  A    A

The men don't know, but the little girls understand

Hey all you people that tryin' to sleep

I'm out to make it with my midnight dream, yeah

'Cause I'm a back door man

The men don't know, but the little girls understand

solo: |A|A|A|A|

      |D|D|A|A|

      |E|D|A|A|

You men eat your dinner, eat your pork and beans

I eat more chicken than any man ever seen, yeah, yeah

I'm a back door man, what?

The men don't know, but the little girls understand

Well, I'm a back door man

I'm a back door man

Whoa, baby, I'm a back door man

The men don't know, but the little girls understand

end with A7#9, kinda like:

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