If I Don't Be There Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[C]

[Verse 1]
Blue [G]sky upon [C]the ho[G]rizon,
[C][G]
Private eye is on my trail,
And [C]if I [Csus4]don't be
there by [C]morning
[F]You [C]kno[Csus4]w that I [F]must[G]
have spent the night in [C]jail.[G]
I've [C]been run

[Verse 2]
[G]ning from
Memphis [C]to L. [G]A.[C][G]
[C]Had an appoi[G]ntment set
[C]sometime for [G]today,
And if [C]I d[F]on'[C]t b[F]e[Csus4]
there by [C]morning
[Csus4]You know [C]that I must[G][C][G]
have gone [C]the other [G]way.[C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[Bm]Finding my way back to you g[Em]irl,
Lonely and [G]blue and mistreated [C]too.
[Bm]Sometimes I think of you g[Em]irl,
Is it [Am]true that you think of

[Interlude 1]
me too?
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[Verse 4]
I got a [G]woman [C]living in [G]L. [C]A.[G][C]
I got a [G]woman [C]wai[G]tin[C]g for my pay,[G]
[C]And [G]if I d[C]on'[F]t be there by morn[C]ing,
[F][C]
Pack my [G]clothes, get down on your [C]knees an[G]d pray.

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 5]
[Chorus] I left [G]my
woman with a twenty dollar [C]bill.[G]
I left her waiting,
[C]I h[G]ope she's waitin[C]g for me still.[G][C][G][C]
[G]If [C]I don't be there by morning
[F]You [C]know that I, [G]I n[C]ever will.[G][C]

[Outro 1]
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