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Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way4 guitar tab

Backstreet Boys

I Want It That Way

Millennium Album

Tabbed By:  Travis Gasa

e-mail: smartbomber@aol.com

I don't really like the Backstreet Boys, but the guitar in some of

their songs sounds pretty cool.

I looked everywhere for tabs for this song, but they were all wrong.

The intro is tabbed exactly as it is played in the song. The chords

I have tabbed sound correct. My version should also be very easy to

follow.

The song changes key halfway through. After the tabbed guitar part in

the bridge, the song climbs one whole-step higher. Before this part,

the D chord should be played normally. After this point the D should be

played as noted. The Em-1 chord shown in the bridge is not really

called that. I just don't know the name, so I'm just calling it Em-1. I

tried to tab this song to the correct beat, although you may find it

isn't. The best solution is to listen to the song and figure out the

correct beat that way.

Chords:                                                |  2nd half:

                                                         |

     D    Em   C    G    E    A   Em-1  Am   Dsus4  F#m  |      D

                                                         |

    -2-  -0-  -3-  -3-  -0-  -0-  -0-   -0-   -3-   -2-  |     -0-

    -3-  -0-  -5-  -3-  -0-  -2-  -0-   -1-   -3-   -2-  |     -3-

    -2-  -0-  -5-  -4-  -1-  -2-  -0-   -2-   -2-   -2-  |     -2-

    -0-  -2-  -5-  -5-  -2-  -2-  -0-   -2-   -0-   -4-  |     -0-

    -x-  -2-  -3-  -5-  -2-  -0-  -2-   -0-   -x-   -4-  |     -x-

    -x-  -0-  -x-  -3-  -0-  -x-  -x-   -x-   -x-   -2-  |     -x-

Order of song:

Intro

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus

Bridge

Chorus #2

Chorus #2 (yes again)

Ending

Capo 2nd fret for entire song

Intro:

[E]---------------------------------|---------------------------------

[B]-----0-----1p0-------0-------3---|-----0-----1p0-------0-------3---

[G]-------0-------0-----------0---0-|-------0-------0-----------0---0-

[D]---2-----2---------2-----0-------|---2-----2---------2-----0-------

[A]-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------

[E]-0---------------------3---------|-0---------------------3---------

                       Yeah...                                   You are

[E]---------------------------------|---------------------------------

[B]-----0-----1p0-------0-------3---|-----0-----1p0-------0-------3---

[G]-------0-------0-----------0---0-|-------0-------0-----------0---0-

[D]---2-----2---------2-----0-------|---2-----2---------2-----0-------

[A]-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------

[E]-0---------------------3---------|-0---------------------3---------

              my  fire          the one         desire        believe

                                     Em                  D       G

[E]---------------------------------|-0------------------2-------3----

[B]-----0-----1p0-------0-------3---|-0---0-----1p0------3-------3----

[G]-------0-------0-----------0---0-|-0-----0-------0----2-------4----

[D]---2-----2---------2-----0-------|-2-2-----2----------0-------5----

[A]-----------------3---------------|-2--------------------------5----

[E]-0---------------------3---------|-0--------------------------3----

              when  I     say         I    want   it    that    way

VERSE 1:

      Em   C   G          Em

But we are two worlds apart

      C     G       Em

Can't reach to your heart

     C   G

When you say

     Em        D    G

That I want it that way

CHORUS:

        C

Tell me why

                    D    G

(Ain't nothin' but a heartache)

        C

Tell me why

                    D  G             C

(Ain't nothin' but a mistake tell me why)

              D        G

I never wanna hear you say

Em        D    G                  Em        B

I want it that way  

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