Intro "Moving Back Home""" chords by Janis Ian

SimplifiedD · G · Em · F#m · A …

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Verse 1
D 
Songs are funny  (D major) things, you know.
G 
It  (G major) always  amazes me when I write a song
and actually finish it and look at it and go,
D 
wow, I  (D major) wrote a song.
Em 
F#m 
I mean,  (E minor) still, it's magical to  (F sharp minor) me.
Em 
 (E minor) An  d I went through a period in my
G 
 (G major) life
Em 
where it  (E minor) was pretty dark.
G 
 (G major) I'd had to move back in with my mom,
which was in and of itself quite
F#m 
embarrassing  (F sharp minor) at 22.
G 
 (G major) And I was having to
ask her for money
for things like cigarettes
because I was making this record.
And I kept telling myself, someday, someday,
someday, someday
I'll write a song that every
body understands.
G 
 (G major) I'll write just the er song.
G 
 (G major) And then I'll show it to my mom
A 
and  (A major) I'll say,
G 
this is  (G major) what I did
when I stayed with you.
And sure enough, one Sunday
I was sitting at her kitchen table
reading a copy she'd bought me
of the New York Times.
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) And   there was an article in there
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) about debutantes,
C 
A 
and  (C major)  (A major) I looked at the article,
and the girl said she'd learned the truth at 18,
and I thought, well,
G 
that  (G major) won't scam.
E 
So it became 17.  (E major) 
G 
E 
 (G major) I should really do, when I was 17.  (E major) 
G 
 (G major) And you know, my mom came
home three months later,
because that's how long it took
G 
 (G major) to write it
G 
and I  (G major) played her the song
C#m 
G 
 (C sharp minor) and   I said but I'm never  (G major) gonna sing it again
D 
 (D major) after  this because it's just too personal
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G 
 (B flat minor) and    (G major) when I looked up when I fin
E 
 (E major) ished
my mom was crying
C 
G 
an (C major) d  I said  (G major) what's the matter
E 
G 
and she said  (E major) but that's  (G major) my song
and I thought wow did my job