I Just Want My Life Back Chords

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

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: C  G  D  Em  C  G  D 


Verse: 1 

(Line 1) 
         C        G 
Used to get up at 7 
        C                G 
Make breakfast for the children 
          C          G     D 
Get them out to the bus by 8 

(Line 2) 
      C           G 
Sit down with a coffee 
           C         G 
Throw the hair in a pony 
                C          G 
Make sure the kitchen was clean 
                 D 
And the bed was made 

(Line 3) 
            Em        C 
Then make plans for dinner 
                 D 
Put the laundry away 
      Em           C 
Check in with the husband 
                              D 
At least a couple of times a day 

 
           C       G 
That was before I came home 
         C           G 
Before walked in and I found 
               C 
Him with the neighbour 
    G                D 
Who I thought was a friend 

          C          G 
Now I am down on my knees 
          Em          C 
Begging, please God, please 
                D 
I just want my life back again 


Interlude 
C  G  D              Em  C  G  D 
      mmm    yeah  yeah 


Verse: 2 

(Line 1) 
        C         G 
Had a garden of flowers 
               C         G 
Where I spent hours and hours 
          C          G          D 
It was a homecoming sight to see 

(Line 2) 
             C          G 
And I would hang in my cozies 
          C                  G 
While we watched old rented movies 
               C             G 
He said, "You don't have to dress up 
    D 
For me" 


 
                 C       G 
Well, that was before I came home 
         C           G 
Before walked in and I found 
                C 
Him with the neighbour 
    G                D 
Who I thought was a friend 

          C          G 
Now I am down on my knees 
           Em          C 
Begging, please God, please 
                D             C 
I just want my life back again 


Bridge 
 C 
Where I had everything I dreamed 
                          Em 
This just can't be happening 

How am I supposed to go on? 
                    C   Am  C 
Where did go so wrong? 


Pre-Outro 
                G           C 
I just want my life back 
                     Em     C 
I just want my life back    ooohh yeah 

 G                                C 
Everything I built, everything I had 
              Em         G      C        Em  C 
I just want my life back    yeah yeah, 
                        G   D         Em    C 
oh whoa, That can't be too much to ask, oh no 
   G            D         Em  C 
I just want my life back 
 G            D                               Em  C  G  D 
How could it change just like that?  yeah yeah 

C  G  D  Em 

                C     G   D 
I just want my life back 
             C          G   D   Em  C  G  D 
I just want my    life back  yeah... 
   C           G     D  Em  C  G  D 
Please, God, please 


Outro 
C  G  D   C  G  D 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante