Intro: D        D        D        D 


[Verso 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. 


[Verso 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. 


[Ponte]

     G                        D 
Hey, hey, get 'em up, get 'em up; 
       A      G        D       D 
come a ti-yi,   hey. 


[Verso 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?" 


[Refrão]
 
        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. 


[Ponte]
 
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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[Verso 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. 


[Refrão]
 
        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.