World, Take Me Back chords by Jerry Herman
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Verse 1
(G major) (A minor) I've sliced my slice of life a little (C minor) thin,
haven't I, Ephraim?
(A minor) I've been on the outside
looking in (C minor) ,
haven't I, Ephraim?
(A minor) From now on, Ephraim,
all (D major) that's gonna change.
The world (G major) is (D major) (G major) full of (C sharpdim) wonderful thing (G major) s,
a bush of love,
(C sharpdim) wonderful thing (G major) s for me
to (C major) believe in (C sharpdim) .
So (Gdim) world, (G major) (E major) take me back.
(A minor) I want (D major) to be (G major) part of the
(F minor) human (E major) race (A minor) again.
an (D major) d bid good (G major) bye to (D major) all (G major)
my (C sharpdim) trouble and (G major) tears
I've wasted so (C sharpdim) many odd (G major) years
it's time (C major) to get even (C sharpdim) so
world (G major) take (E major) me back
I (A minor) wan (D major) na let laughter (G major)
light (E major) up my face (A minor) again. (B major)
(E minor) Oh, no more (A major) (B minor) peeking
through the keyhole.
I (E minor) intend (E major) to (E minor) have (B minor) my (E minor) own key.
(C major) No more (G major) sneak (B minor) ing past the parlor.
From (A major) now on it's me sitting
on (D major) the settee,
cause today's (G major) (D major) a day (G major) to (D major) (C sharpdim) holler about,
(G major) or after just (C sharpdim) sit life (G major) out,
since heaven knows (C major) when.
(A minor) My step (Adim) has a spring (G major) and a drive,
(Baug) I'm suddenly young (E minor) and alive, (A major)
you wonderful world (A minor)
Take (D major) me back again (G major) (D major)
Verse 2
The world (G major) is full of (C sharpdim) aprils and (G major) jews,
red roses and (C sharpdim) yellow balloon (G major) s
for me to (C major) hang on to (C sharpdim)
Verse 3
So world, (G major) take (E major) me back,
(A minor) I want (D major) to be (G major) part of (E major) those
good old days (A minor) again.
(D major) Whatever happened (G major) to those
(C sharpdim) wonder (B flatdim) ful sight (G major) s,
those dancing the (C sharpdim) night
away night (Baug) s?
(G major) Oh, where have (C major) they gone to?
(C sharpdim) So world, (G major) take (E major) me back,
(A minor) I want (D major) to be there (G major)
when (E major) the gas lights blaze (A minor) again. (B major)
(E minor) Oh, no more (B minor) watching from the sidelines.
(E minor) I intend to star (B minor) in the show.
(E minor) No (C major) more reach (B minor) ing for tomorrow
From (A major) now on I stand with today (D major) in my hand
For today (G major) the (D major) world is (G major)
(C sharpdim) ripe as a (G major) peach
It's gonna be (C sharpdim) mine till I
(G major) reach a hundred and (C major) ten
My (C minor) step (Adim) has a spring (G major) and a drive,
I'm (Baug) suddenly young (E minor) and alive
(A major) You wonderful world, (A minor)
take me back (D major) again!
(G major)
World, Take Me Back
Jerry Herman
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