I Want You Back chords by Colin Hay

*C can be played 032033 for this song; Gm can be played 310033*

[Intro]
G C G D x2


[Verse]
       G
I'd be glad to give back
C     G       D
All I've ever owned
               G
If I could've seen into the future
   C   G       D
If only I had known
             G
Behind these walls of separation
        C      G        D
I have learned to live alone

[Chorus]
      Em
But I want you
  C        G
I want you back


[Verse]
        G
I could clearly see the letters
            C       G      D
But not the writing on the wall
      G
About what had come between us
    C       G      D
And how the mighty fall
    G
But one thing keeps repeating
         C   G       D
It's the only thing I know


[Chorus]
       Em
That I want you
  C        G
I want you back
       Em
Yeah I want you
  C        G
I want you back


[Bridge]
          C        G
Well I've taken that number
          D          G
How could I have been so blind
        C              G
Now I'm coming up from under
     D
It's you I'll have to find
   C         G
My back is up against the ropes
     D            G
Only one way I can go
      Gm   Am7
And I want you


[Solo]
G C G D Em C G


[Verse]
    G
How far is the distance
         C      G        D
Have you gone beyond the signs
         G
Have you passed the point of no return
C         G           D
Have you crossed that line
       G
And it burns me like a fever
        C       G      D
I gotta tell you one last time


[Chorus]
       Em
That I want you
  C        G
I want you back
       Em
Yeah I want you
  C        G
I want you back
       Em
Yeah I want you
  C        G
I want you back
       Em
Yeah I want you
  C        G
I want you back


Strumming patterns:
*Verse strumming pattern (CGD lines): D on e of 3+4, xx0230 on a of 3, and xx0233 on a of 4*