Working my way back to you (1979)
F - G - F - G
F G
I keep working my way back to you, babe,
C F C
Am
with a burnin'
love inside.
F G
Yeah, I'm workin' my way back to you, babe,
C F C
Am
and the happiness that died.
D G - G7
I let it get away, been payin' every day !
G D
1. When you were so in love
with me,
C
D
I played around like I was
free.
G
D
Thought I could have my cake and
eat it, too,
C
D
but
how I cried over losin' you
C Cm
See, I’m down and out, but I ain't about to go
G
E7
livin' my life without you !
G C
G C
Hey, every day I made you cry,
G C
Bb F G
I'm payin',
girl, 'til the day I die.
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G D
2. Oh, I used to love to
make you cry,
C D
it
made me feel like a man inside.
G D
If I had been a man in reality,
C D
you'd
be here, baby, lovin' me.
C Cm
Now my nights are long and lonely,
G E7
and I
ain't too proud, girl, I just miss you so !
G C G C
Girl, but you're too proud and
you won't give in,
G
C Bb F
G
but
when I think about all I could win.
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F - G
+ My road is kinda
long,
F G
I just gotta
get back home.
G
Whoa, I'm really sorry for actin' that way,
F
I'm really sorry, ooh, little girl !
G F
I'm really sorry for telling
you lies for so long.
E
Am F
C
Oh, please, forgive me, girl,
come on, give me a chance !
E Am F
C
Won't you forgive me, girl,
hey, let's have romance !
F Am F C
Ooh, forgive me, girl, let's
start again !
E Am
Come on, forgive me, girl,
D D7 D D7 G
I want you over and over and
over and over again.
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(The Spinners)