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I Want You Back

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CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
  [full and correct lyrics and chords - studio version
INTRO
  G-  Gadd9- Em  
  G-  Gadd9- Em  
VERSE 1
 GI can still recall the Emtime
 GShe said she was always Emmine
 Then she Aleft (As people Gdo )
 And Aforgets what we've been Gthrough
 G-  Gadd9- G  
VERSE 2
 GIt's not that she's gone Emaway
 GIt's the things I hear she Emhas got to say
 About Ame and about my Gfriends
 When Awe've got Gno de -fense
BRIDGE
 That's Dher, I'll never believe her Cagain.
 She might have deceived all my Dfriends
 I know they will see in the Cend
 What it all means when she Bsays
CHORUS
 (Yeah)
 EmAh-Ah-Ah   GAh-Ah-Ah -  CI want you Aback
 EmAh-Ah-Ah   GAh-Ah-Ah -  CI want you Aback
 EmAh-Ah-GAh   AhC-Ah-Ah -   AI want you
Emto say    ShGe say - SGhe says - SAhe says
INSTRUMENTAL
G  Em
GVEREmSE 3
 But what's Aworse, she thinks it's Gtrue
 But that's jAust her
 (She always was a Glittle bit confused)
 AShe's not worth the Gtime I had to lose
BRIDGE
 That's Dher, I'll never believe her Cagain.
 She might have Ddeceived  my friendsC  
 I know, I see what she means when Emshe says
ENDING
 EmAh-Ah-Ah   EmAh-Ah-Ah -  CI want you Aback
 EmAh-Ah-Ah   GAh-Ah-Ah -  CI want you Aback
 EmAh-Ah-GAh   AhC-Ah-Ah -   AI want you
Emto say    ShGe say - SGhe says - SAhe says
 EmShe say - SEmhe says CI want you Aback
 EmShe say - SEmhe says CI want you Aand only you
 Emyou G-ou C-ouA  
 EmShe say - EmShe says
 CShe say - AShe saysEm  

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I Want You Back

by Hoodoo Gurus

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Gadd9

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CAPO: 0

TUNING: standard

[full and correct lyrics and chords - studio version

INTRO

G Gadd9 Em

- -

G Gadd9 Em

- -

VERSE 1

G Em

I can still recall the time

G Em

She said she was always mine

A G

Then she left (As people do )

A G

And forgets what we've been through

G Gadd9 G

- -

VERSE 2

G Em

It's not that she's gone away

G Em

It's the things I hear she has got to say

A G

About me and about my friends

A G

When we've got no de -fense

BRIDGE

D C

That's her, I'll never believe her again.

She might have deceived all my friends

I know they will see in the end

What it all means when she says

CHORUS

(Yeah)

Em G C A

Ah-Ah-Ah Ah-Ah-Ah - I want you back

Em G C A

Ah-Ah-Ah Ah-Ah-Ah - I want you back

Em G C A

Ah-Ah-Ah Ah-Ah-Ah - I want you

Em G G A

to say She say - She says - She says

INSTRUMENTAL

G Em

VERSE 3

A G

But what's worse, she thinks it's true

But that's just her

(She always was a little bit confused)

A G

She's not worth the time I had to lose

BRIDGE

D C

That's her, I'll never believe her again.

D C

She might have deceived my friends

I know, I see what she means when she says

ENDING

Em Em C A

Ah-Ah-Ah Ah-Ah-Ah - I want you back

Em G C A

Ah-Ah-Ah Ah-Ah-Ah - I want you back

Em G C A

Ah-Ah-Ah Ah-Ah-Ah - I want you

Em G G A

to say She say - She says - She says

Em Em C A

She say - She says I want you back

Em Em C A

She say - She says I want you and only you

Em G C A

you -ou -ou

Em Em

She say - She says

C A Em

She say - She says

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