Where I Ought To Be

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Where I Ought To Be:Skeeter Davis.
#9 on BB Hot Country on RCA
Records in 1962.
ACA
INTRO:
#1.
A C A
I got your wedding invitation.
A E G E
I'm surprised you thought of me.
Bm E G E
But I don't believe your wedding,
E A D A
is just where I ought to be.
#2.
A Am A
For you put your arms around her,
A E G E
kiss her lips so tenderly.
Bm E G E
As she's standing there beside you,
E Dbm A D A
that's just where I ought to be.
CHORUS:
A D
Like a fool I introduced you.
A
I said, baby, meet my friend.
D
Never thought I could lose you.
E
But I lost you there and then.
#3.
A C A
I took the diamond ring you gave me.
A E G E
Threw it way out in the sea.
Bm E G E
And I had an awful feeling..
E A D A
that's just where I ought to be.
BRIDGE:
Gbm A C A
Da-da-da-da-da-da-dee-dum..
A E G E
Da-da-da-da-da-da-dum..
E G E
Da-da-da-da-da-da-dee-dum..
E A D A
Da-da-dee-da-dee-da-dum..
CHORUS:
A D
Like a fool I introduced you.
A
I said, baby, meet my friend.
D
Never thought I could lose you.
E
But I lost you there and then.
#4.
A C A
I took the diamond ring you gave me.
A E G E
Threw it way out in the sea.
Bm E G E
And I had an awful feeling..
E A D A
that's just where I ought to be.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Where I Ought To Be:Skeeter Davis.
#9 on BB Hot Country on RCA
Records in 1962.
INTRO: A C A
#1.
#2.
CHORUS:
#3.
BRIDGE:
CHORUS:
#4.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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