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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1775495,"song":"It Could Have Been Me","artist":"Sami Jo","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11388441-it-could-have-been-me-chords-by-sami-jo/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1775495?type=chord","rating":0.14222,"votes":0,"content":"It Could Have Been Me: Sami Jo\r\n#31 Easy Listening and #46 on BB Hot 100\r\non MGM SOUTH Records in 1974\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D#[/ch]                 [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\nOrgan music softly playing, sounds of people's [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhispers saying, she's a pretty bride, you're [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsuch a lucky man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI smile and blink the tears away, and find the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nproper words to say, while aching with a pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthey just can't understand.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt could have been me, wearing that dress of white.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt could have been me, holding you close tonight.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt could have been me, giving your children life.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy can't it be me, who'll be your wife?[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nNow, we're gathered, all together, you vow your love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nfor worse or better.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nLift her veil and kiss her, with a tender love.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen leading her, back up the aisle, I try meet your [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bbm[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\neyes and smile, but all the time, my heart is breaking, so.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt could have been me, wearing that dress of white.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt could have been me, holding you close tonight.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt could have been me, giving your children life.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy can't it be me, who'll be your wife?[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI toast the lovely bride and groom, and as you leave [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe noisy room, they say it's my turn to catch the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nbride's bouquet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as the crowd goes streaming past and someone says,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe's hers at last, I hold my pretty flowers and slowly [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nwalk away.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nCould this be a dream, will I be wearin' that dress of white?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCould it really be me, who'd be holdin' you close tonight?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nPlease say that it's me, who'd be giving your children life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWake me from this dream, take me for your wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIt's only a dream, I'll be wearing that dress of white.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was just a bad dream, I'll be holding you close tonight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nI'm proud that it's me, who will be giving your children life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThank God, that it's me, who'll be your wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIt's only a dream, I'll be wearing that dress of white.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was just a bad dream, I'll be holding you close tonight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nI'm proud that it's me, who will be giving your children life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThank God, that it's me, who'll be your wife.. (Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"It Could Have Been Me: Sami Jo\n#31 Easy Listening and #46 on BB Hot 100\non MGM SOUTH Records in 1974\n\nIntro:\nE D#m D C#m C\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["E","D#m","D","C#m","C","D#","G#m7","A","Cm","B","Bbm","F#","F#m","Am","F","Gm7","Db","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}