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 |