#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:
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Verse 1:
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If I gave you
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the sky
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If I laid down
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my life
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would you
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be- lieve me
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then?
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If I promised
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to change
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If I carried
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the blame
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would you
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be lieve me
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then?
Chorus:
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Could you see it like me and
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believe what I see could you
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listen and remember that I love you
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only 'cause I told you 'cause I told you
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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:
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Bridge:
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You take the wheel for now
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I'm too tired to drive this one
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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