Bon Jovi – I Want You
154 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Keep The Faith 1992]
Intro
E E.. b B B C#m C#m A B
E E.. b B B C#m C#m A A A A
Verse 1
F#m F#m F#m F#m
The last time that I saw her… was the night
E E E E
she said goodbye-eee…
B B B B
She said that love's a stranger… and it's sure
E E E
to pass you by-yyy… Yes she did…
F#m F#m A A
As she packed up her belongings… Baby wouldn't look
E E E E
me in the eye-eee-eee…
B B A A
but I could see a tear roll off her face… as we both
B B B C#m. B.
tried so hard not… to cry-yyy… She said…
Chorus
E E.. b B B
“I never wanted the stars… Never shot for the moon…
C#m C#m A B
I like them right where they are… All I wanted was you…
E E.. b B B
So baby just turn away… ‘cause I can't face the
C#m C#m
truth… All I'm trying to say…
A A E E E E
is all I wanted was you…”
Verse 2
F#m F#m F#m F#m
I tried so hard to remember… where… when… how…
E E E E
why love went away-yyy…
B B B B
I tried to drown myself in pi-iii-ty… but the memory…
E E E E
kept calling my name… Yes it did…
F#m F#m
I brought you fancy cars and diamond rings baby…
A A
All the things that my money brings
E E E E
and the servants… to paint the skies blue…
B B
and I worked so hard seven days a week build a
A A
fortress for your heart to keep…
B B
If I could I'd wrap these words up for
B C#m. B.
you-uuu-uuu… Yeah—hhh-hhh…
Refrain
E E.. b B B
I never wanted the stars… Never shot for the moon…
C#m C#m A B
I like them right where they are… All I wanted was you…
E E.. b B B
So baby just turn away… ‘cause I can't face the
C#m C#m A A E E
truth… All I'm trying to say… is all I wanted was you…
C#m C#m A A
I want you… I want you…
C#m. B. C#m. B. C#m C#m
Ba---by… I-iii want you-uuu…
A A
but never thought you were alone…
F#m F#m
I filled the party up… with company…
B B C#m. B. C#m. B.
but never made our house a home-eee-eee…
Solo
E E.. f#m F#m F#m A A.. e E E
E E.. f#m F#m F#m A A A A
Bridge
E E C#m C#m
All I got is my guitar… these chords and the truth…
A A B B
All I got is my guitar but all I want…
B B
Baby all I want-ttt-ttt…
Outro (fade ending)
E E.. b B B
I never wanted the stars… Never shot for the moon…
C#m C#m A B
I like them right where they are… All I wanted was you…
E E.. b B B
So baby just turn away… ‘cause I can't face the
C#m C#m A A E E
truth… All I'm trying to say… is all I wanted was you…
C#m C#m A A
I want you… I want you…
C#m. B. C#m. B. E E
Ba---by… I-iii want you-uuu…
C#m C#m A A
I want you… I want you…
C#m. B. C#m. B. E E
Ba---by… I-iii want you-uuu…
C#m C#m A A
I want you… I want you…
C#m. B. C#m. B. E E
Ba---by… I-iii want you-uuu…
C#m C#m A A
I want you… I want you…
C#m. B. C#m. B. * E
Ba---by… I-iii want you-uuu…