...I WANT YOU BACK... by Jackson 5
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*from 'Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5' (1969)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Ab)
Verse 1:
G
When I had you,
To myself,
C
I didn't want,
You around,
Em G/B
Those pretty faces,
C G
Always made you;
Am7 D7 G
Stand out in a crowd.
G
Then someone,
Picked you,
From the bunch,
C
One glance was,
All it took;
Em G/B
Now it's much,
C G
Too late for me,
Am7 D7 G
To take a second look.
Chorus 1:
G
Oh baby,
Give me one,
C6
More chance,
Am7
To show you,
D9
That I love you,
Em G/B
Won't you,
Cmaj7 G Am9
Please let me...
D7 G
Back in your heart?
G
Oh darlin',
I was blind,
C Am7
To let you go,
Em G/B Cmaj7
But now since I,
G Am9
See you,
D7 G
In his arms;
Break:
G (n.C)
I want you back,
Ooh I do now,
I want you back,
Ooh, ooh baby,
I want you back,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah,
I want you back,
Hey, hey, now, now.
Verse 2:
G
Tryin' to live,
Without your love,
C
Is one long,
Sleepless night,
Em G/B
Let me show,
C G
You girl,
Am7 D7
That I know wrong,
G
From right.
G
Every street,
You walk on,
C
I leave tearstains,
On the ground,
Em G/B C G
Follow—ing the girl,
Am7
I didn't even,
D7 G
Want a—round,
(Let me tell you now);
Chorus 2:
G
Oh baby,
Give me one,
C6
More chance,
Am7
To show you,
D9
That I love you,
Em G/B
Won't you,
Cmaj7 G Am9
Please let me...
D7 G
Back in your heart?
G
Oh darlin',
I was blind,
C Am7
To let you go,
Em G/B Cmaj7
But now since I,
G Am9
See you,
D7 G
In his arms;
Break:
G (n.C)
I want you back,
Ooh I do now,
I want you back,
Ooh, ooh baby,
I want you back,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah,
I want you back,
Hey, hey, now, now.
Coda:
G
Oh just one,
C
More chance,
Am7
To show you,
D9
That I love you;
Em G/B
Baby,
Cmaj7 G
Baby,
Am9 D7 G
Baby!
G
For—get what,
Happened then,
Let me live again.
G
Oh darlin',
I was blind,
C Am7
To let you go,
Em G/B Cmaj7
But now since I,
G Am9
See you,
D7 G
In his arms;
G
Spare me,
Of the cost,
Give back,
What I lost.
(Repeat to Fade)
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D7 C6 D9 Cmaj7 Am9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)