Title: If You Ever Stop Loving Me
CD: Do Your Thing (2004)
Cadd9 = x32033
Bm/5+ = x20033
G6/A = x02033
C5 = x355xx
B5 = x244xx
A5 = x022xx
D5 = x577xx
Intro - D or (D-C-G)
(I don't know how to tab leads yet so I'll give
ya the notes to play while the "D" is being played)
(C-DD-C-EE-C-GGGGGG-F#F#)
(verse 1)
CGD
My Ol' man's back hand use to land
hard on the side of my head
CGD
I just learned to stay out of his way,
(verse 2)
CG
There's been street fights, blue lights
D
long nights with the world sittin on my chest,
CGD
It just showed me how much I could take,
(bridge)
BbC
Hard times, bad luck
BbC
sometimes life sucks
(chorus)
DC
That's alright, I'm ok,
GD
It ain't nothin but another day,
DC
But only God knows where I'll be,
GDD
If you ever stop lovin me,
(verse 3)
CG
The bank man, boss man, the law man,
D
all tryin to get their hands on me,
CGD
and I ain't even done a damn thing wrong,
(verse 4)
CGD
I've been way-laid, freight train, short changed,
by the bigger, and badder man
CGD
and all I got to say is bring it on,
(bridge)
BbC
hard rain, rough roads,
BbC
so my life goes,
(chorus)
DC
That's alright, I'm ok,
GD
It ain't nothin but another day,
DC
But only God knows where I'll be,
GD
If you ever stop lovin me,
(bridge)
C5-B5-A5-D5
or
C-B-G-DA
I need you,
C5-B5-A5-D5
or
C-B-G-/D
Gotta have you,
C5-B5-A5-D5
or
C-B-G-DAABm
In my life by my side
GA
Everyday I'm alive,
BmCDAD
Every night that I"m dreamin I need you, you -o -o -o
(lead - D - C - G = 2x's)
(chorus)
DC
That's alright, I'm ok,
GD
It ain't nothin but another day,
DC
But only God knows where I'll be,
GD
If you ever stop lovin me,
Outro - D - C - G - D - repeat to fade