I Want You Back Uke tab by Jackson 5

7 Chords used in the song: G, D/F#, Em, D, C, C/B, Am

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Artist: 
Year:  2000
Difficulty: 
3.64
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
G G  D/F# D/F# Em Em  D D   C C   C/B C/B Am Am        D D
Uh-huh huh huh huh Let me tell ya now
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Uh-huh Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh ooh ooh ooh


[Verse 1]

G G
When I had you to myself
C C
I didn't want you around
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd
G G
But someone picked you from the bunch
C C
One glance was all it took
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Now it's much too late for me to take a second look


[Chorus]

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B Am Am D D
Oh baby give me one more chance (show you that I love you)
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Won't you please let me (back in your heart)
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B Am Am D D
Oh darlin' I was blind to let you go (let you go baby)
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
But now since I see you in his arms (I want you back)

G G
Yes I do now (I want you back)
Ooh ooh baby (I want you back)
Ya ya ya ya (I want you back)
Na na na na


[Verse 2]

G G
Tryin' to live without your love
C C
Is one long sleepless night
Em Em C C G G
Let me show you girl
Am Am D D G G
That I know wrong from right
G G
Every street you walk on
C C
I leave tearstains on the ground
Em Em C C G G
Following the girl
Am Am D D G G
I didn't even want around, let me tell you now


[Chorus]

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B Am Am D D
Oh baby all I need is one more chance (show you that I love you)
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Won't you please let me (back to your heart)
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B Am Am D D
Oh darlin' I was blind to let you go (let you go baby)
Em Em C C G G G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
But now since I see you in his arms, Uh-huh

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
A A buh buh buh buh
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
A A buh buh buh buh, All I want
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
A A buh buh buh buh, All I need
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
A A buh buh buh buh, All I want
G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D
A A buh buh buh buh, All I need

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B
Oh just one more chance
Am Am D D
To show you that I love you
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Baby (baby) baby (baby) baby (baby) (I want you back)

G G
Forget what happened then (I want you back)
G G
Let me live again

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B Am Am D D
Oh baby I was blind to let you go
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
But now since I see you in his arms (I want you back)

G G
Spare me of this cause
G G
Gimme back what I lost

G G D/F# D/F# Em Em D D C C C/B C/B Am Am D D
Oh baby I need one more chance ha, I tell ya that I love you
Em Em C C G G Am Am D D G G
Baby (ah) baby (ah) baby (ah) (I want you back)

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you should of stated that you needed it on one fret higher, but other than that, it was very good.
19 May 2019
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About this song: I Want You Back

"I Want You Back" is a 1969 number-one single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. The song, backed with a cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles'"Who's Lovin' You," was the only single from the first Jackson 5 album, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5. It held the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week of January 31, 1970. It sold 6 million copies worldwide."I Want You Back" ranks number 120 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Read more on Last.fm.

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