Baby, I'm A Want Ya Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays535

Baby, I'm A Want Ya by Bread is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, C, D and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: G - Am   G - C 
  
       G                              Am 
1.  Baby I'm a want you, baby I'm a need you, 
                       G                                      C 
    you're the only one I care enough to hurt about. 
      Am                                C                         D                 
    Maybe I'm a crazy, but I just can't live without 
  
             G                            Am 
2. Your lovin' and affection, givin' me direction,n 
                G                                                     C 
    like a guiding light to help me through my darkest hour. 
    Am                                          C                   D          G 
    Lately I'm a prayin that you'll always be a stayin' beside me. 
    Bm                                                        C 
    Used to be my life was just emotions passing by. 
      Bm                                                         C 
     Feeling all the while and never really knowing why. 
  
3. Instrumental = verse 2, lines 1 & 2 :    G - Am    G - C 
  
    Am                                          C                   D          G 
    Lately I'm a prayin that you'll always be a stayin' beside me. 
    Bm                                                         C 
     Used to be my life was just emotions passing by, 
        Bm                                                                     C 
     then you came along and made me laugh and made me cry. 
            Am             D       
    You taught me why. 
  
     G                               Am 
3. Baby I'm a want you, baby I'm a need you, 
G             C                    Am          D 
    Oh, it took so long to find you, baby 
       G                              Am 
     Baby, I'm a want you, baby I a need you  
  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante