It Could Be You (Instead of Him)

IT COULD BE YOU (INSTEAD OF HIM) -V.McAplin-D.Tubb- Recorded 1/13/59 Nashville, TN Songs of Our Soil (1959) KEY: Bb / CAPO: 1 / PLAY: A INTRO: N/C A E A D------------------------------------------- A-------0--0-0-2-4--0-0-2--0-4-2-0--------0- E-0-0-2-----------------------------0-2-0--- VERSE: A (G) D A If you should meet some lonely soul who on this earth can't reach his goal E And he's traveling down a road so dark and dim (dark and dim) A (G) D A Lend a hand say a prayer give a smile that he might share E A But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him A E A (But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him) VERSE: Befriend each stranger in the night help to make his burdens light Lift up the fallen ones and be a friend (be a friend) Shed a tear share a sigh share his fears don't pass him by But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him A E A (It could be you instead of him) TAG: Shed a tear share a sigh share his fears don't pass him by But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him (It could be you instead of him) *The G chords in parenthesis are not played in the recording, but I think they sound good.