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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,
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  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:
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  "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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[Verse 4]
D                     G
Goin' off to college,   passed every test,
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  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,
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  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.