GRASS ROOTS - "Things I Should Have Said" Tablature

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Things I Should Have Said"
(P.F. Sloan - Steve Barri)

Intro (piano, in octaves; doubled with acoustic 12-string second time)

G A B C D E F

Link:

G Fadd9 C G Fadd9 C [Fadd9: xx3213 C: x32013]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

G Fadd9 C
I didn't cry
G Fadd9 C G Fadd9 C
I just stood and watched her say goodbye
G Fadd9 C
She closed the do-or
G Fadd9 C D
And said "I don't want to see you anymore"

Chorus:

G
Things I should have said to her
F C F C G
That maybe would have changed her mind to stay
G
Things I should have said to her
F C F C Dsus4 D
Like "girl, I love you so let love find a way"

Verse 2:

Was it that she
Just couldn't understand a man like me
Was I to blame
Did I leave too many things unexplained?

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

Bm Em
Why didn't I try telling her
A7 D
She was all I had
Bm Em
Why didn't I try telling her
A7 D D7 G
Now she's gone and I feel oh so bad

G [N.C.] F Bb G [N.C.] Bb G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

[repeat verse 1 w/acoustic guitar and percussion only; omit all F and C chords]

[repeat intro]

Coda:

G F C
Things I should have said to her [repeat to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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