I Want You Back Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays432

I Want You Back by The Civil Wars is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
Speed
  			Intro (x2) 
D  A Em Em G A D 

D  A Em Em G A D 
When I had you to myself 
I didn't want you around 
All those pretty faces always made you stand out from the crowd 
Someone picked you from the bunch 
One glance was all it took 
Now it's much too late for me to go and take a second look 

D G Em Em 
Oh baby give me one more chance 
D G Em D 
Won't you please let me in your heart 
D G Em Em 
Oh darling I was blind to let you go 
D G Em D 
Now that I see you in his arms 

D 
I want you back 
D 
I want you back 
D 
I want you back 

D  A Em Em G A D 
Trying to live without your love 
Is like one long sleepless night 
Let me show you boy 
That I really know, I know wrong from right 
Cause every street you're walking on 
You leave tear stains on the ground 
Follow boy, I didn't even want 
Didn't even want you around 

D G Em  
Oh baby give me one more chance 
Em 
To show you I love you 
D G Em D 
Won't you please let me in your heart 
D G Em  
Oh darling I was blind to let you go 
Em 
Let you go baby 
D G Em D 
Now that I see you in his arms 
D G Em D 
Oh now that I see you in his arms 

D 
I want you back 
D 
I want you back 
D 
I want you back 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante