Verse 1
[E]
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash,
Just who do think I am?
[A7]
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages,
[E] [A7]
Send my son to Vietnam.
You give me second class houses,
[E] [A7]
You give me second class schools,
Do you think that colored folks
[E]
Are just second class fools?
[B]
Mr. Backlash
[A7] [E] [B7]
I'm gonna leave you with the Backlash Blues.
Verse 2
[E]
When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash,
[A]
All you got to offer
[E]
Is your white backlash,
[A7]
But the world is big
[E] [A7]
Big, bright and round
And it's full of folks like me
[E]
Who are black, yellow, beige and brown
[B7]
Mr. Backlash,
[E]
I'm gonna leave you with the Backlash Blues.
Verse 3
[E]
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash,
What do you think I got to lose?
[A7]
I'm gonna leave you
[E]
With the Backlash Blues.
[B7]
You're the one will have the blues, not me,
[A7] [E]
Just wait and see!
