I Want My Life Back Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays442

I Want My Life Back by Bucky Covington is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, C and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 

Am                            G 
He was warmin his hands with a hot coffee cup 
 Am                G                     Am                       G 
Pourin in whiskey as I walked up he never blinked an eye 
            F                 Am                    G 
He just asked for a light  I noticed he didn't have soles on his shoes 
Am                           G 
So I pulled out a twenty said go buy some food 
Am                G                  F 
But he just stared at his cup like I wasn't there 
C                         G 
Then he looked at me said son that's nice 
C                            G 
But there's some things money can't buy  

Chorus 
          C                     G 
I want my life back  I want that house that I called home  
          Am                 G       F             G 
I want that job I worked for 22 years before I gotlaidoff 
 F           C                 G 
I want what I had when I laid down in the arms of the woman that believed in me 
        G             F    G             Am 
And that man I used to be       I want my life back 


Am                            G 
I walked through the door and sat down at the bar 
 Am                G                     Am                       G 
Had a shot and a beer lit up a cigar it ran through my head  
            F                 Am                    G 
Every word that old man said 
Am                           G 
I had a woman that loved me with all of her heart 
Am                G                  F 
But my pride and my temper made it all fall apart 
C                         G 
I was to headstrong to admit when I was wrong 
C                            G 
It's been 6 months since she moved out 

Guess my pride ain't helping me now 

Chorus 2 
          C                     G 
I want my life back  I want that house that I called home  
          Am                 G       F             G 
I want to hear her voice and see her face every day when I get off 
 F           C                 G 
I want what I had when I laid down in the arms of the woman that believed in me 
        G             F    G             Am 
And that man I used to be  I want my life back 

Bridge 
Dm                        F 
I paid my tab and left that bar 

Dm                          F 
Grabbed my phone jumped in my car 
Dm                                   F       G 
I dialed her number and when she said hello I said 

Chorus 
G                Am 
I want my life back 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante