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What Would They Say

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Chords by: Louie A. Ebojo
Tuning: Standard
Chords: EADGBe
       F133211
     F/Ax03211
     C/E032010
      Dmxx0231
    Dm/Cx3x231
      Bbx13331
    BbM7x13231
  Bb7susx13141
     Gm7353333
   C7susx35363
      C7x35353
    EbM7x65333
      Gb244322
       E022100
       G320003
Intro:  F   C/E   Dm   Dm/C   Bb   F/A   Gm7  C7sus,C7  
 WFhat would they C/Esay
 If we Dmup and ran Dm/Caway
 From the rBboaring crowds
 And the Gm7worn out city fC7aces
 Would they cFarry on and C/Eon
 When they fDmound out we were Dm/Cgone
 Or would they BbM7let us go
 Would they Gm7tag along
 Or woCuld they know to
Chorus:
 EbM7Leave us aloBb7susne
 We'd live in the couEbM7ntry
 Leave us aloBb7susne
 We'd make it just fGbine
 Happy in a oEne room shack
 And we'd nGot look back
 Now C7suswould weC7?
 WFhat would they C/Edo
 If they fDmound out we were thDm/Crough
 With all the lBbittle lies
 And the dGm7owntown aggrC7susavationsC7  
 That we'd trFaded them aC/Eway
 For a qDmuiet country Dm/Cday
 That we had BbM7hoped to share
 Would they Gm7try to find out
 WhCere we we're or...
      (Repeat Chorus)
Interlude:  F   C/E   Dm   Dm/C   Bb   F/A   Gm7   C7sus  C7  
 WFhat would they C/Esay
                Dm   Dm/C  Bb,C7sus  
 If we up and ran away
pause F
 Ran away

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What Would They Say

by Paul Williams

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/A

C/E

Dm/C

BbM7

Bb7sus

Gm7

C7sus

EbM7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Chords by: Louie A. Ebojo

Tuning: Standard

Chords: EADGBe

133211

F/A

x03211

C/E

032010

xx0231

Dm/C

x3x231

x13331

BbM7

x13231

Bb7sus

x13141

Gm7

353333

C7sus

x35363

x35353

EbM7

x65333

244322

022100

320003

F C/E Dm Dm/C Bb F/A Gm7 C7sus C7

Intro: ,

F C/E

What would they say

Dm Dm/C

If we up and ran away

From the roaring crowds

Gm7 C7

And the worn out city faces

F C/E

Would they carry on and on

Dm Dm/C

When they found out we were gone

BbM7

Or would they let us go

Gm7

Would they tag along

Or would they know to

Chorus:

EbM7 Bb7sus

Leave us alone

EbM7

We'd live in the country

Bb7sus

Leave us alone

We'd make it just fine

Happy in a one room shack

And we'd not look back

C7sus C7

Now would we?

F C/E

What would they do

Dm Dm/C

If they found out we were through

With all the little lies

Gm7 C7sus C7

And the downtown aggravations

F C/E

That we'd traded them away

Dm Dm/C

For a quiet country day

BbM7

That we had hoped to share

Gm7

Would they try to find out

Where we we're or...

(Repeat Chorus)

F C/E Dm Dm/C Bb F/A Gm7 C7sus C7

Interlude:

F C/E

What would they say

Dm Dm/C Bb C7sus

If we up and ran away

pause F

Ran away

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