[Verse 1] Dmaj9
I should just stop thinking Bm9
My worries, they feel like ink Gmaj7A/GDmaj9
It doesn’t wear off even though you want it to Dmaj9
Wish I could go back in time Bm9
When everything was just fine Gmaj7A/GDmaj9
Back to the time when I was just a kid
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[Chorus]
Em9 Bb/A13
Wanna go back again Bm7Gmaj7
Things don’t make any sense Em9A7
I just wanna go back again
[Interlude 1] Dmaj9Bm9Gmaj7A/GDmaj9
[Verse 2] Dmaj9
Stop it, I need a break Bm9
I’m tired of being fake Gmaj7A/GDmaj9
‘Cause really, I’m just insecure and lonely Dmaj9
Wish I could go back in time Bm9
When everything was alright Gmaj7A/GDmaj9
Back to the time when I was just a kid
[Chorus]
Em9 Bb/A13
Wanna go back again
Bm7 Gmaj7 *
I don’t want to pretend Em9A7
I just wanna go home again
How to play I Just Wanna Go Home: key, chords and progression
This is the chords of I Just Wanna Go Home by boy pablo on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
I Just Wanna Go Home by boy pablo is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 7 chords: Dmaj9, Bm9, Gmaj7, A/G, Bm7, Em9 and A7.
Listen for Dmaj9 – Bm9 – Gmaj7 – A/G (I – vi9 – IVmaj7 – V in D major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.
Good to know: Dmaj9, Bm9, Bm7 and Em9 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.