C
I lost the thread, I lost the map.
           G
It's not a feeling. It's a fact.
         C
I had it once. I was on track.
             G
Why won't it stay? I want it back.


[Interlude]
C   G


[Verse 2]
          C
I see you there in that magazine.
               G
You're looking smart. You sound supreme.
             C
You got such lip. You know the street.
          G
You been around. You took some heat.


[Verse 3]
           C
You mighta killed. You might be cruel.
             G
You might be stupid, but we love you.
              C
You're in the paper. You're in the air.
             G
You're in my head. You're everywhere.


[Chorus]
          Bb              Bb   G
I want it back. I want it back.
          Bb              Bb   Eb  F
I want it back. I want it back.


[Verse 4]
            C
You're so extreme. You're feast or famine.
            G
You got one mission, just like a salmon.
            C
You said in life mistakes are many.
             G
How come you never admit to any?


[Verse 5]
            C
Are you for real, or are you bluffing?
           G
You really get me, famous for nothing.
          C
And every morning you got a name
                 G
In a world where people all look the same.


[Chorus]
          Bb              Bb   G
I want it back. I want it back.
          Bb              Bb   Eb  F  G
I want it back. I want it back.


[Bridge]
             Eb                 Bb
I can't give love. I don't know how.
           F                 Em
I write in code so you won't know.
         Eb              Bb
I was on drugs. I took a nap.
         C                  F
I didn't mean it. I want it back, oh.


[Interlude]
C   G    [x2]


[Verse 6]
          C
I dreamed again of paradise.
          G
I floated steady. It felt so nice.
             C
To sell your soul. Just think of that.
            G
I'm halfway there. I want it back.


[Chorus]
          Bb              Bb   G
I want it back. I want it back.
          Bb              Bb   G
I want it back. I want it back.
          Bb              Bb   G
I want it back. I want it back.
          Bb              Bb   C
I want it back. I want it back.