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Where I Wanna Be

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intro
	Eb7  	Eb  		Abmaj9  	Gm7  Gm/	Bb  Cm7  
Fsus7		F7  Cmaj9  
Cm7I said I left my babygirl a message
SayiBbm7ng I won't be coming home
I'd G7rather be alone
She doesn't fully understand me
Cuz I'd rather leave than to cheat
If she give me some time
I can be the man she needs
But there's a lot of lust inside of me
And we've been together since our teenage years
I really don't mean to hurt her 
But I need some time to be alone
{ Chorus }
	But Abmaj9when you love someone
	You jBb/Dust dCm7on't treat them bad
			Ab/	 C  
	Oh how I feel so sad
	Now that Bb/DI wanna leave
	She's crying her heart to me
	How could you let this be?
	I just need time to see
	Where I wanna be
	Where I wanna be
Cm7Sweet Bbm7littlG7e do-dee-do-dee
I don't mean to hurt you baby, oh no no
(  Cm7    Bbm7  G7)
Never did I imagine that you would play a major part
In a decision that's so hard
Do I leave, do I stay, do I go
I think about my life and what matters to me the most
Eb7Girl Ebthe Abmaj9love that we share is real
	   		Gm7  Gm/	Bb  Cm7  
But in time your heart will heal
Eb7I'm Ebnot saying I'm gone
    	 Abmaj9  		  Gm7  Gm/	 Bb  	   Cm7  
But I have to find what life is like
Fsus7	F7  
Without you
Chorus

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Where I Wanna Be

by Donell Jones

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Eb7

Abmaj9

Gm7

Cm7

Cmaj9

Bbm7

Bb/D

intro

Eb7 Eb Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm Bb Cm7

F7 Cmaj9

Fsus7

Cm7

I said I left my babygirl a message

Bbm7

Saying I won't be coming home

I'd rather be alone

She doesn't fully understand me

Cuz I'd rather leave than to cheat

If she give me some time

I can be the man she needs

But there's a lot of lust inside of me

And we've been together since our teenage years

I really don't mean to hurt her

But I need some time to be alone

{ Chorus }

Abmaj9

But when you love someone

Bb/D Cm7

You just don't treat them bad

Ab C

Oh how I feel so sad

Bb/D

Now that I wanna leave

She's crying her heart to me

How could you let this be?

I just need time to see

Where I wanna be

Cm7 Bbm7 G7

Sweet little do-dee-do-dee

I don't mean to hurt you baby, oh no no

Cm7 Bbm7 G7

( )

Never did I imagine that you would play a major part

In a decision that's so hard

Do I leave, do I stay, do I go

I think about my life and what matters to me the most

Eb7 Eb Abmaj9

Girl the love that we share is real

Gm7 Gm Bb Cm7

But in time your heart will heal

Eb7 Eb

I'm not saying I'm gone

Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm Bb Cm7

But I have to find what life is like

Fsus7

Without you

Chorus

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