i want you back chords by
Hobo Johnson

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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C

C

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Stop, Fish

G

G

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I want you back

C

C

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Am

Am

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That's the worst thing I can say

D

D

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Only laying on the couch

C

C

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Like ah, this couch could be my grave

G

G

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I want a slap

Am

Am

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C

C

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That would make me quite upset

D

D

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But if my brain came out my ear

C

C

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Then I guess that's what I'd get

G

G

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I need a nap

C

C

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D

D

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And to see where all my edges are

I need to be alone before

C

C

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I can even hope to start

G

G

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C

C

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Spit on me again, that's impressive

D

D

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'Bout eight feet apart

But if we laugh again

C

C

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That will tear my mental health apart

G

G

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Fuck

Verse 2

C

C

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D

D

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How come everything is pain

C

C

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Every time I was happy

It surely went away

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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But babe, they gotta work all day

C

C

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For very little pay

D

D

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G

G

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I think that's fucked

C

C

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And sadly, so am I

D

D

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If I ever have kids I hope they

C

C

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can't see out their eyes

D

D

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G

G

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When I imagine my kids,

C

C

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they kinda look like you

D

D

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C

C

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And I'm sorry, and that's true,

G

G

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C

C

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Abdim

Abdim

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D

D

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C

C

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I think I'm fucked

G

G

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I really think I'm fucked

I'm fucked

C

C

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Am

Am

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Abdim

Abdim

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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Verse 3

G

G

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C

C

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I made a million bucks (he made

D

D

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a million bucks)

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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But then I had to spend

C

C

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it all on therapy

G

G

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C

C

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I learned the deathly lesson

(the world isn't that bad)

D

D

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C

C

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That money doesn't help my depression

G

G

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And you're stuck with your brain

C

C

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No matter how much you make

D

D

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And you will surely find

C

C

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D

D

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new problems

G

G

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Naive is the thought to think money is ought

D

D

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To be the thing that always solves them

Verse 4

G

G

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C

C

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I am fucked (I think you're fucked)

D

D

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I think I'm fucked (I think

C

C

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you're fucked)

G

G

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I think I'm fucked (I think

C

C

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you're fucked)

D

D

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I think I'm fucked (I think

C

C

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G

G

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you're fucked)

C

C

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Yeah, I made a million bucks

D

D

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(he made a million bucks)

C

C

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But then I had to spend it all on therapy

G

G

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C

C

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I learned the deathly lesson

D

D

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(the world isn't that bad)

C

C

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It doesn't help my depression

Verse 5

C

C

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D

D

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As we become obsessed

with straight staring at phones

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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My brain has now become unable to cope

D

D

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The techniques and the methods

G

G

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that they use on my brain

C

C

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G

G

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Are extremely effective,

D

D

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and far too great

D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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And now I'm just laying here dead on

G

G

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G

G

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my couch

D

D

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Facebook and Google have

their tubes in my mouth

And as they generously feed

C

C

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D

D

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me my ads for the day

D

D

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For the week, for the month

Verse 6

G

G

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C

C

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I think we're fucked

D

D

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C

C

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I think we're fucked

G

G

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C

C

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I think we're fucked

D

D

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C

C

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I think we're fucked

G

G

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(I think we're fucked)

C

C

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And now I'm laying here dead on

D

D

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the couch

Facebook and Google have

C

C

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their tubes in my mouth

G

G

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And as they generously feed

C

C

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me my ads for the day

D

D

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C

C

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For the week, for the month

G

G

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I think we're fucked

C

C

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D

D

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Verse 7

C

C

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Stop, Fish

G

G

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I want you back

G

G

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 6 stringPower

Guitar Tuner 6 stringOpen

Guitar Tuner 6 stringExtras

G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

Balalaika Tuner

E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

D ₄

Banjo Tuner 4 Strings

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 6 stringPower

Guitar Tuner 6 stringOpen

Guitar Tuner 6 stringExtras

G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

Balalaika Tuner

E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

D ₄

Banjo Tuner 4 Strings

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

G
C
D
Bm
Am
Abdim

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The original key of i want you back by Hobo Johnson is G major.

The primary chords used in i want you back are G, C, D, Bm, Am, Abdim.

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