Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way Chords & Tabs

Artist: Backstreet Boys
Song: I want it that way
Album: Millennium
Tabbed By: Chris Fretwell (e-mail: gimp69@home.com)

Chords Used:
A major: (x02220)
F# major: (xx4322)
E major: (022100)

Into: finger picking                    
    
            A                           F#             E 
You are_____           my     fire__________
1|-------------------------------------2----------0-|
2|-------------2------3------------2----------0-----|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4----------2--------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

            A                             F#           E             
The one_____           de___sire__________                        
1|-------------------------------------2----------0-|
2|-------------2------3------------2----------0-----|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4----------2--------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

            A                            F#          E               
Believe______           when I____ say_____
1|-------------------------------------2---------0--|
2|-------------2------3------------2---------0------|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4---------2---------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

 




   A                 F#      E
     I______ want it that way
1|---------------------2----0--|
2|--------2------3-----2----0--|
3|-----2----2----------3----1--|
4|--2---------2--------4----2--|
5|--------------------------2--|
6|--------------------------0--|


            A                          F#              E
But we______          are__ two___ worlds afar
1|-------------------------------------2----------0-|
2|-------------2------3------------2----------0-----|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4----------2--------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

           A                            F#              E
                               And__ reach__to your heart
1|-------------------------------------2----------0-|
2|-------------2------3------------2----------0-----|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4----------2--------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

            A                          F#               E
                                When you___ say____ 
1|-------------------------------------2----------0-|
2|-------------2------3------------2----------0-----|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4----------2--------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

     A                F#     E
      I______ want it that way
1|---------------------2----0-|
2|--------2------3-----2----0-|
3|-----2----2----------3----1-|
4|--2---------2--------4----2-|
5|--------------------------2-|
6|--------------------------0-|

Chorus:


Tell me why
                      F#                          E      A
                    (Ain't nothin' but a heartache)
Tell me why
                      F#                          E     A
                    (Ain't nothin' but a mystery tell me why)
F#                      E           A
I never want to hear you say
A           F#    E
I want it that way


           A                           F#             E
   Am I______          your fire______
           (Am I)
1|-------------------------------------2---------0--|
2|-------------2------3------------2---------0------|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4---------2---------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/backstreet_boys/i_want_it_that_way_tab_ver_3.html ]
            A                           F#             E
Your one______            desire______
                                                             (desire)
1|-------------------------------------2---------0--|
2|-------------2------3------------2---------0------|
3|----------2----2----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4---------2---------|
5|--------------------------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------------------------|

           A                           F#            E
                                It's too_____ late
1|-------------------------------------2---------0---|
2|-------------2------3------------2---------0-------|
3|----------2----2-----------------------------------|
4|-------2---------2------------4---------2----------|
5|---------------------------------------------------|


      

     A                  F#     E
But I______ want it that way
1|---------------------2----0--|
2|--------2------3-----2----0--|
3|-----2----2----------3----1--|
4|--2---------2--------4----2--|
5|--------------------------2--|
6|--------------------------0--|

Chorus:

Tell me why
                    F#                          E       A
                  (Ain't nothin' but a heartache)
Tell me why
                     F#                          E        A
                   (Ain't nothin' but a mystery tell me why)
F#                      E           A
I never want to hear you say
A           F#    E
I want it that way


A                                     F#       E
Now I can see that we're falling apart
1|-------------------------------------------|
2|--------2-------2---------------2-------0--|
3|-----2------------------------3-------1----|
4|--2---------2--------------4-------2-------|
5|-------------------------------------------|
6|-------------------------------------------|

                A                    F#      E
From the way that it used to be (yeah)
1|-------------------------------------------|
2|--------2-------2---------------2-------0--|
3|-----2------------------------3-------1----|
4|--2---------2--------------4-------2-------|
5|-------------------------------------------|
6|-------------------------------------------|

No matter the distance I want you to know
1|-------------------------------------------|
2|--------2-------2---------------2-------0--|
3|-----2------------------------3-------1----|
4|--2---------2--------------4-------2-------|
5|-------------------------------------------|
6|-------------------------------------------|

That deep down inside of me__________ 
1|------0----------------------------------------|
2|------2-------------------------2-------0------|
3|------2-------------------------3-------1------|
4|------2-------------------------4-------2------|
5|------0---------------------------------2------| 
6|-----------------------------------------------|


You are my fire
The one desire
You are (you are, you are, you are)

Don't want to hear you 
F#                          E      A                      
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
F#                          E      A
Ain't nothin' but a mystery  (Don't want to hear you say)
F#                     E            A
I never want to hear you say (Oh yeah)
A                            F#     E
I_________ want it that way 

Tell me why________
                          F#                          E      A
                         (Ain't nothin' but a heartache)
                                                            (Tell me why)
   F#                            E     A
  (Ain't nothin' but a mystery tell me why)
F#                     E            A
I never want to hear you say                     
                                      (Don't want to hear you say)
A          F#      E
I want it that way

Tell me why
                    F#                         E      A
       (Ain't nothin' but a heartache)
Tell me why
                   F#                          E      A
                  (Ain't nothin' but a mystery tell me why)

F#                     E            A
I never want to hear you say

I want it that way

Cause I want it that way
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This sounds just like the song to me, but if you have any suggestions or comments e-mail me at:
gimp69@home.com