#PLEASE NOTE: This file represents my impression of how Jonatha Brooke plays this song from listening to the track on her 10-cent Wings CD. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Please email me <marian@aon.at> if you have a different impression of how it should be played. # Because I Told You So Words & Music by Jonatha Brooke Transcribed by: Marian <marian@aon.at> Note: This is not the tuning that Jonatha uses. I worked out the song in this tuning before I learned that Jonatha uses a different one. Tuning: CFCEGC capo 3rd fret C57435 VG-8 pitches: -1 -1 0 1 -1 -1 (highest to lowest strings) Intro: 002020 slide to 040040 000 0h3 00 002020 slide to 040040 000 0h3 00 002020 slide to 040040 000 0h3 00 000100 020000 020 0h2 00 020000 Verse 1: 002020 slide to 040040 If I gave you 000 0h3 00 the sky 002020 slide to 040040 If I laid down 000 0h3 00 my life 002020 slide to 040040 would you 000 0h3 00 000100 be- lieve me 020000 020 0h2 00 020000 then? 002020 slide to 040040 If I promised 000 0h3 00 to change 002020 slide to 040040 If I carried 000 0h3 00 the blame 002020 slide to 040040 would you 000 0h3 00 000100 be lieve me 020000 020 0h2 00 020000 then? Chorus: 000100 040040 Could you see it like me and 000100 040040 believe what I see could you 000100 432040 044020 listen and remember that I love you 000100 009700 007500 only 'cause I told you 'cause I told you 020000 020 0h1 00 020000 so Verse 2: If you told me you lied But I stayed true and tried Would you believe me then? If your beauty was gone But my love lingered on Would you believe me then? Chorus: Could you see it like me and believe what I see could you listen and remember that I love you only 'cause I told you 'cause I told you so Instrumental: 002020 slide to 040040 000 0h3 00 002020 slide to 040040 000 0h3 00 002020 slide to 040040 000 0h3 00 000100 020000 020 0h2 00 020000 Bridge: 020000 432040 044020 000100 020000 You take the wheel for now 432040 044020 000100 020000 020000 432040 044020 020000 000100 I'm too tired to drive this one 007500 009700 007500 000100 020000 home anyhow for now Verse 3: And when you mention my name Let this one thing remain My love Believe me now © 1997 Dog Dream Music, ASCAP