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Back in Black

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Back in Black Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Back in black, I hit the sack
I've been too long, I'm glad to be back
Yes I'm, let loose from the noose
That's kept me hanging about
I keep looking at the sky cause it's getting me high
Forget the hearse cause I'll never die
I got nine lives, cat's eyes
Abusing every one of them and running wild

[Chorus]
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes I'm back in black

[Verse 2]
Back in the back of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
Yes, I'm in a bang with a gang
They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
Cause I'm back on the track and I'm beatin' the flack
Nobody's gonna get me on another rap
So look at me now I'm just making my play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way
[Chorus]
Cause, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes I'm back in black

[Chorus]
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes I'm back in black

[Outro]
Ho yeah
Oh yeah
Yes I am
Oh yeah, yeah oh yeah
Back in now
Well I'm back
(I'm back) Back
(I'm back) Back
(I'm back) Back
(I'm back) Back
(I'm back) Back
Back in black
Yes I'm back in black
Outta sight

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Muse performed this ubiquitous AC/DC hit 6 times live with Jet frontman Nic Cester: 5 times at the 2010 Big Day Out festival in Australia (where Cester is from) and once in Milan, Italy, when the two bands both happened to be there at the same time.
Muse also performed the song once with Brian Johnson himself during the encore of their headline performance at the 2017 Reading Festival. It was played a semi-tone down from the original recording to accommodate Johnson’s aging voice.
Much more commonly, Muse have jammed the bridge riff after they play “Hysteria.”

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