Taking my life back chords by Millie Jackson

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Verse 1
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I  can do this. I can. Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah. I can do this
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I don't know why
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I haven't thought about it before
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I can do this
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You were my life, I gave it to you
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I only asked for respect in return
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I never asked    for love
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you could not      give,
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but if you live long
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enough you'll learn.
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Life is what you make it,
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and you can make it if you try.
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My heart you might break it,
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but darling mine, mine, mine, mine.
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I'm takin'      my life
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back
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Givin' you a new lease on life
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Fair exchange is no robbery
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You should go for that
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I no longer need to be your wife
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And I'm takin' my life back
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I'm takin' my life back
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I can do this, I don't know why
I did not think of this before,
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I   can do this
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You ask, how can I make
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it without you?
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How can I make it on my     own?
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I ask, how can I
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make it with you?
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So ask yourself after I'm gone
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Cause I've been alone all this time
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I know how to live with me
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Alone in the midst of a crowd of men
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Now I'm alone but
I'm free at heart
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Takin'      my life back
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I'm giving you a new lease on life,
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yeah
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Barricades, no robberies,
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you should go far there
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I no longer need to be  your wife
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and I'm taking my life back
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We can go       our separate ways
before later turns to hate
There's nothing left for us to say
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No need to hesitate
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No! No!
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I'm gonna do it
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I can do       this, do this
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I don't know what I can say about it
There's nothing to it, but to do it
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I'm gonna do it
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I'm takin' my life
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back
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Givin' you a new lease on life,
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yeah
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A fair     exchange, no robbery
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You should go for that
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I no longer need to be  your wife
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And I'm takin' my life back
I'm takin' my life back