| A | E7 | A | E | |||
| Oh, | my | baby, | baby, | I love you more than I can | tell. |
| A | A7 | D | D | ||||
| I | don’t | think I | can | live with | out | you, |
| A | E | A | E7 | ||
| And I | know | that I | never | will. |
| A | E7 | A | E | |||
| Oh, | my | baby, | baby, | I want you so it scares me | to death. |
| A | A7 | D | D | ||||
| I | can’t | say any | more | than “I | love | you”. |
| A | E | F#m | (Em) | |||
| Everything | else | is a | waste | of | breath. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I want | you. | You’ve | had | your fun, you | don’t | get well no | more. |
| Em | G | C | B | Ebm | ||||
| I want | you. | Your | fingernails | go | dragging | down the | wall. |
| B | C | B | C | ||
| Be | careful, | darling, | you | might | fall. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | |||
| I want | you. | I | woke up, and | one | of us was | crying. |
| G | C | B | Em | |||||
| I | want | you. You | said, | “Young man, I | do | believe you’re | dyin | g!”. |
| G | C | B | Em | |||||
| I | want | you. If you | need | a second o | pinion, | as you seem to | do | these |
| days. |
| G | C | B | Ebm | |||||
| I | want | you. | You | can look in my | eyes | and you can | count | the ways. |
| | | B | C | B | C | | |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I want | you. | Did you | mean | to tell me, | but | seem to for | get? |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I | want | you. Since | when | were you so | generous | and inar | ticulate? |
| G | C | B | Em | G | |||||
| I | want | you, but | it’s | the stupid de- | tails | that my | heart | is breaking | for. |
| C | B | Em | ||||
| It’s the | way | your shoulders | shake | and what they’re | shaking | for. |
| G | C | B | Em | |||||
| I | want | you. It’s | knowing | that he | knows | you now after | only | guessing. |
| G | C | B | Ebm | | | B | C | B | C | | | ||||
| It’s the | thought | of him un | dressing | you or | you undressing. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I want | you. | He | tossed | some tatty | compliment | your | way. |
| G | C | B | ||||
| I | want | you, and | you | were fool e- | nough | to love it. |
| Ebm | Em | G | C | B | ||||
| When he said, | “ | I | want | you | ”. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I want | you. | The | truth | can’t hurt you, | it’s | just like the | dark. |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| It | scares | you witless, | but | in time you see | things clear and | stark. |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I | want | you. Go | on | and hurt me, | then | we’ll let it | drop. |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I | want | you. | I’m | afraid I | won’t | know where to | stop. |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I | want | you. I’m | not | ashamed to | say | I cried for | you. |
| G | C | B | Em | |||||
| I | want | you. I | want | to know the | things | you did, that | we | did too. |
| G | C | B | Em | |||||
| I | want | you. I | want | to hear he | pleases | you more | than | I do. |
| G | C | B | Em | |||||
| I | want | you. I | might | as well be | useless | for all it | means | to you. |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I | want | you. Did you | call | his name out | as | he held you | down? |
| G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I | want | you. Oh, | no, | my darling, | not with that | clown. |
| G | C | B | |
| I | want | you. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | ||||
| I want | you. | You’ve | had | your fun, you | don’t | get well no | more. |
| G | C | B | Ebm | ||||
| I | want | you. No | one | who wants you | could want you mo | re. |
| | | Em | G | | | C | B | | | Em | G | | | C | B | |||
| I want you. | I | want | you. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | |||
| I want | you, | every | night, when | I | go off to | bed. |
| G | C | B | ||||
| And when I | wake | up | I | want | you. |
| Em | G | C | B | Em | G | ||||
| I’m | gonna | say it | once | again, ’til | I | instill | it. |
| C | B | Em | G | ||||
| I’m | going | going to | feel | this way un | til | you kill | it. |
| C | B | | | Em | G | | | C | B | Em | G | ||||
| I | want | yo | u | . | I | want | you. |
| C | B | Em | G | | | C | B | | | Em | ||
| I | want | you. |