I Just Want My Life Back chords by Carolyn Dawn Johnson

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C  G  D  Em  C  G  D


Verse 1:

(Line 1)
         C        G
Used to get up at 7
        C                G
Make breakfast for the children
          C          G     D
Get them out to the bus by 8

(Line 2)
      C           G
Sit down with a coffee
           C         G
Throw the hair in a pony
                C          G
Make sure the kitchen was clean
                 D
And the bed was made

(Line 3)
            Em        C
Then make plans for dinner
                 D
Put the laundry away
      Em           C
Check in with the husband
                              D
At least a couple of times a day


Chorus:
           C       G
That was before I came home
         C           G
Before walked in and I found
               C
Him with the neighbour
    G                D
Who I thought was a friend

          C          G
Now I am down on my knees
          Em          C
Begging, please God, please
                D
I just want my life back again


Interlude:
C  G  D              Em  C  G  D
      mmm    yeah  yeah


Verse 2:

(Line 1)
        C         G
Had a garden of flowers
               C         G
Where I spent hours and hours
          C          G          D
It was a homecoming sight to see

(Line 2)
             C          G
And I would hang in my cozies
          C                  G
While we watched old rented movies
               C             G
He said, "You don't have to dress up
    D
For me"


Chorus:
                 C       G
Well, that was before I came home
         C           G
Before walked in and I found
                C
Him with the neighbour
    G                D
Who I thought was a friend

          C          G
Now I am down on my knees
           Em          C
Begging, please God, please
                D             C
I just want my life back again


Bridge:
 C
Where I had everything I dreamed
                          Em
This just can't be happening

How am I supposed to go on?
                    C   Am  C
Where did go so wrong?


Pre-Outro:
                G           C
I just want my life back
                     Em     C
I just want my life back    ooohh yeah

 G                                C
Everything I built, everything I had
              Em         G      C        Em  C
I just want my life back    yeah yeah,
                        G   D         Em    C
oh whoa, That can't be too much to ask, oh no
   G            D         Em  C
I just want my life back
 G            D                               Em  C  G  D
How could it change just like that?  yeah yeah

C  G  D  Em

                C     G   D
I just want my life back
             C          G   D   Em  C  G  D
I just want my    life back  yeah...
   C           G     D  Em  C  G  D
Please, God, please


Outro:
C  G  D   C  G  D