Key: G major
Verse 1
of the ladder of success
I became second best
Thought you were high society
and you just as soon get rid of me
Dm
G
Dm
Told me not to be hanging
G
C
G
Em
around
Am
G
C
Am
and you've found I can't be replaced
C
G
The love I gave you cannot be erased
Em
D
Now what you say, boy,
Em
G
you say you want me back
Well, uh -uh, it ain't like that,
Am
Bm
C
no, no, it ain't like that
Am
Dm
G
Can 't be, can't be like that,
no, it ain't like that
Am
G
Well, I sacrificed all I
had to stick by you
when times were bad
Then you walked away with
your head up high,
left me standing there to cry
Dm
G
Dm
G
Told me I was just one of your
Dm
G
C
G
Em
stepping stones
Am
G
you need my affection,
C
G
the arms that gave you protection.
Em
Bm
Now you're sneaking around my
D
Em
door like an alley cat.
Am
D
Em
Am
G
C
G
Well, uh -uh, it ain't like that.
Am
G
C
Uh -uh, it ain't like that.
G
Bm
Em
Said you didn't need me no how
that you chose
Sorry, baby, but that's how it goes
Dm
G
Dm
I couldn't make you see our love
G
C
G
was the greatest gift of all
Em
Dm
Without love to hold you up,
A world where there's no tenderness
Em
D
Now you say you found out
Em
Dm
Just where it's at, but uh -uh
G
F
G
It ain't like that
Am
C
Am
No, baby, it ain't like that.
Dm
G
Can't be, can't be like that.
Am
Bm
C
Oh, oh, it ain't like that.
D
Dsus4
Dm
G
No, no, baby, it ain't like that.
Am
Bm
C
Can't be, can't be like that.
No, baby.
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