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[Verse 1]
D G
Everyone tells me I was dealt a losing hand,
A D
the way that I look, the way that I act, it's not hard to understand.
D G
Sure, I got troubles, maybe you got'em too,
A D
I'd like to explain what has happened to me, so, it doesn't happen to you.
[Verse 2]
D G
I was born in Los Angeles, many, many, many years ago,
A D
we lived out in North Hollywood then in a steamy little bungalow.
D G
My mother, my father, my baby-brother and me,
A D
playin' cowboys all day out there in the valley, what a perfect family.
[Bridge]
G D
Hey, hey, get 'em up, get 'em up;
A G D D
come a ti-yi, hey.
[Verse 3]
D G
Went off to high school when I was thirteen,
A D
I was kind of advanced if you know what I mean.
D G
Ran into some trouble, drinkin' heavy with my friends in the hills.
A G
My daddy had to come down to the station to get me, he say:
D
"Where is my angry young man?"
[Chorus]
G D
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
A G D D
I don't wanna live here by this dirty old airport in this greasy little shack.
G D
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
A G D D
just give me a chance and we'll start all over again.
[Bridge]
F# Bm
Now, that young girl was just a summertime thing,
E A
she went back to school when the school bell rang.
G E
Now, I do my laundry by myself, every night I eat alone,
A A
Baby, please, please, please, won't you let me come back home?
[Interlude]
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A G D D
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[Verse 4]
D G
Goin' off to college, passed every test,
A D
they said: "Let's send this boy to Palo Alto, he could be one of the best".
D G
Four years at Stanford, worked very hard,
A G D D
a lot of good it did me, little tramp, your're ruining my life.
[End-Chorus]
G D
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
A G D D
I don't wanna live here by this dirty old airport in this greasy little shack.
G D
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
A G D D
just give me a chance and we'll start all over again.
A G D D D D
Just give me a chance and we'll start all over.
