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Oh Sherrie

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Oh Sherrie, performed by Steve Perry & Journey
By: Steve Perry/Randy Goodrum
key: G  
Intro:  G   D   C   Em  
EmYou should've been gone 
GKnowing how I maDde you feel C  Em  
And I should've been gone 
GAfter all your wDords of steCel Em  
Oh I must've bGeen Da Cdreamer 
EmAnd I must've beGen DsoCmeone else 
EmAnd we should've been over G  D  C  
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 
EmBut I want to let go 
GYou'll go on hurDtin' me C  
EmYou'd be better off alone 
GIf I'm not who yDou thought CI'd be Em  
EmBut you know thaGt tDheCre's a fever 
EmOh that you'll never fiGnd DnoCwhere else 
EmCan't you feel iGt bDurCninEm' - on-and-on 
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 
EmBut I should've been gone 
GLong agDo, far Caway Em  
And you should've been gone 
GNow I know just Dwhy you staCy Em  
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 
GOh Sherrie, our love D  
CHolds on, holds oEmn 

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Oh Sherrie

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Oh Sherrie, performed by Steve Perry & Journey

By: Steve Perry/Randy Goodrum

key:

G D C Em

Intro:

You should've been gone

G D C Em

Knowing how I made you feel

And I should've been gone

G D C Em

After all your words of steel

G D C

Oh I must've been a dreamer

Em G D C

And I must've been someone else

Em G D C

And we should've been over

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

But I want to let go

G D C

You'll go on hurtin' me

You'd be better off alone

G D C Em

If I'm not who you thought I'd be

Em G D C

But you know that there's a fever

Em G D C

Oh that you'll never find nowhere else

Em G D C Em

Can't you feel it burnin' - on-and-on

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

But I should've been gone

G D C Em

Long ago, far away

And you should've been gone

G D C Em

Now I know just why you stay

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

G D

Oh Sherrie, our love

C Em

Holds on, holds on

About Oh Sherrie Chords by Journey

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