I Want You Back

...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,

C6

Give me one more chance,

Am7 D9

To show you that I love you.

Em G/B Cmaj7 G Am9

Won't you please let me...

D7 G

Back in your heart?

G

Oh darlin',

C Am7

I was blind to let you go,

Em G/B Cmaj7

But now since I,

G Am9 D7 G

See you 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 C G

Let me show you girl,

Am7 D7 G

That I know wrong 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 D7 G

I didn't even want a-round.

(Let me tell you now);

Chorus 2:

G

Oh baby,

C6

Give me one more chance,

Am7 D9

To show you that I love you.

Em G/B Cmaj7 G Am9

Won't you please let me...

D7 G

Back in your heart?

G

Oh darlin',

C Am7

I was blind to let you go,

Em G/B Cmaj7

But now since I,

G Am9 D7 G

See you 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 C

Oh just one more chance,

Am7 D9

To show you 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',

C Am7

I was blind to let you go,

Em G/B Cmaj7

But now since I,

G Am9 D7 G

See you in his arms;

G

Spare me of the cost,

Give back what I lost.

(Repeat to Fade)

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006

(clumsyband@hotmail.com)