Originally in G, I play in D
Intro
| D7 |
| Am7 | D |
| Working my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| With a b | urn | in’ l | ove | insi | de |
| Am7 | D | |
| Yeah, I’m w | orkin’ my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| And the h | app | in | ess | that | died |
| A7 | D | |
| I l | et it get a | way |
Been payin’ every day
| D | A/C# | |
| W | hen you were so in | love with me |
| G | A |
| I played around like | I was free |
| D | A/C# |
| Thought I could have my cake | and eat it too |
| G | A |
| But how I cried over l | osing you |
Vox up to the maj7 of the chord, falsetto in the original key,
right on the line in D.
| G | Gm | |
| See me c | ryin’ now, but | I ain’t about to go |
| D | Ddim | |
| L | ivin’ my life without | you |
| D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | |
| For | eve | ry d | ay | I mad | e you | cry |
| D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | |
| I’m | pay | in’, g | irl, ‘t | il the | day | I die |
| Am7 | D | |
| I keep | working my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| With a b | urn | in’ l | ove | insi | de |
| Am7 | D | |
| I’m w | orkin’ my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| And the h | app | in | ess | that | died |
| A7 | D | |
| I l | et it get a | way |
Been payin’ every day
| D | A/C# |
| I used to love to m | ake you cry |
| G | A | |
| It | made me feel like a | man inside |
| D | A/C# |
| But if I’d been a man i | n reality |
| G | A |
| You’d still be here babe | lovin’ me |
| G | Gm | |
| Now the | nights are long and | lonely |
| D | Ddim | |
| And I ain’t too | strong, babe I just miss you | so |
| D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | |
| And | you’re | too | proud | and | won’t | give | in |
| D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | |
| But | when I | th | ink abo | ut | all I | could | win |
| Am7 | D | |
| I keep | working my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| With a b | urn | in’ l | ove | insi | de |
| Am7 | D | |
| I’m w | orkin’ my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| And the h | app | in | ess | that | died |
| A7 | D | |
| I l | et it get a | way |
Been payin’ every day
Original changes key before fade, I skip it
| Am7 | D | |
| I keep | working my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| With a b | urn | in’ l | ove | insi | de |
| Am7 | D | |
| I’m w | orkin’ my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| And the h | app | in | ess | that | died no matter how I cried I’m |
| Am7 | D |
| Working my way back to y | ou babe |
| G | C | G | D/F# | Em | |
| With a b | urn | in’ l | ove | insi | de |