HAD YOU TOLD IT LIKE IT WAS   (?  Gene Redd-Sonny Thompson or Albert King)

Intro:  Am  G  F  E

       Am       G         F          E
When I spoke to you, said how do you do
          Am     G         F     E
It didn't mean I wanted to marry you
    Am            G            F            E
You told all your friends this was the real thing
            Am  (no chord)
Now they're askin' to see the wedding ring

CHORUS:
        Dm
Had you told it like it was
        Am
Had you told it like it was
        Dm
Had you told it like it was
   E7                       A C D C A G A A G A  (x2)
It wouldn't be like it is.


My telephone rang today about noon
Was your mama askin' 'bout a wedding in June
When we stopped talkin', she was mad as could be
'Cause I told her to forget it, she'd never boss me

[repeat CHORUS]


BRIDGE:
    Dm               Am
You sure took me for granted
    Dm                  Am
And that isn't right at all
  Dm                  Am
I hope you understand now
    E7
Get out of this apartment hall


It's much too late to start talkin' too fast
You know your dream world is in the past
It's all over now, it's plain to see
I ain't got you, you ain't got me

[repeat CHORUS]


transcribed by Alan Sigman (alansigman@earthlink.net)
please email me with any corrections or different interpretations.