Chords for Dolly Parton - Before The Next Teardrop Falls on The Dolly Show 1976/77 with Freddie Fender
Tempo:
97.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
E
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Dolly, that was beautiful.
It really was.
Thank you.
[G] You know, you're always so nice.
You always say just the right thing.
In fact, you're so nice that I not only wanted you on the television show today, but I bought you a gift.
You did?
Well, I didn't buy it really, but I brought it for you.
It's something very [Bbm] special.
It's something very me.
[E] As a [Bb] matter of fact, it is me.
Really?
A little bitty version of me.
[G] Oh, wow.
This is beautiful.
This is the new Dolly doll, and it's supposed to look like me because she's more slender than me.
She does look like you.
You think so?
Pretty chiquito banana.
Oh, boy.
So I brought this for you.
Now, she is the kind of girl that you'd want to take home to your [N] kids.
Right.
You don't have a big one about this size, you know, that I can take home to the kids?
I wouldn't trust you with it.
So I wanted you to have this.
Thank you, Dolly.
[E] This is the first one.
You're the first one to have one of the Dolly dolls.
Thank you.
I really appreciate it, honey.
All right. It's beautiful.
Okay.
[B] You know, it really has been great having you here.
[Bb] And somebody in the audience told me it must be really nice to be a household word like Freddy Fender with all that instant success.
Is that true?
Well, I don't know that instant success.
You've got to be kidding.
You know why?
Because if that was true, it was the slowest and the hardest instant I ever heard of.
Believe me, because I cut my record.
The first time, the first record I ever cut was back in 1956.
Then I had wasted days and wasted nights out in 59.
And it wasn't until 15 long years before I had my first big hit, Before the Next Turd Or False.
You was playing a long time even before you cut your first record, right?
[D] Yeah, I'm getting white beard and [N] white sight burns, everything getting white.
I was ready for Social Security.
And I remember, you know, I used to sit on the corner of Pancho Galvan's grocery store in San Benito, Texas.
And I would play my guitar, which only had three strings and it had no back on it.
It had an Uncle Sam, you know, a ring in the hat thing on it.
You know, one of those old Stella guitars my friend had given to me.
And before that, well, you know, I was about nine or ten.
I would take a sardine can, you know, one of those flat ones, and take the lid off and put some screen wire on it and tie it up.
And then put a stick, you know, so it would give it tension, you know, so I could pluck it.
A lot of tension.
Yes, it sounded pretty good, you know, but it was kind of hard to get a crowd because you could still smell the sardines a little bit, you know, while I was doing it.
I heard your music stung.
Now I know what they mean.
No, I'm only kidding.
You know, I love the kind of songs you do, but did you do country music back then?
Well, Dolly, as you can see, I'm German and part Irish.
Yeah, that's easy to tell.
No, really.
I used to play the accordion and sing Mexican songs, Chicano songs.
And then I got into country music and I started blending my English with Chicano, you know, and also, you know, songs from the 50s or the rock.
And I came out with what you may call a Tex Mex rockabilly.
Well, it sounds like it.
You know, now that you're at the top of the charts, I think it's only right that you'd let me help you sing one of the biggest songs you've ever had before the next teardrop falls.
OK, well, I [G] think so, Dolly, because we practiced it long enough in the back over there.
Let's leave her back here before we knock her wig off.
If [C] [Am] [G]
she brings you [C] happiness, [E] you know [F] I wish you [C] both the best.
[Gm] [F] It's your happiness [G] that matters [C] most of [G] all.
[A] But [G] if [C] she ever breaks your heart, if [F] the teardrops [C] ever start,
[F] [C] I'll be there before [G] the next [C] teardrop [G] falls.
[C]
Though it hurts to let you go, [F] darling, I want [C] you to know [F] that I'll stand by you [G] if ever you [C] should call on [G] me.
And [A] [Bm] if [C] she ever breaks your heart, [E] [C] [F] if the teardrops [C] ever start, [F] I'll [C] be there [G] before the next [C] teardrop falls.
Yes, I'll [F] be [G] there any time that [C] you need me by your side.
[D] To drive away [G] every teardrop that you cry.
[Dm] And if [C] she [G] ever leaves [C] you blue, [F] just remember I [C] love you.
[F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next [C] teardrop falls.
[F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next [C] teardrop falls.
[F]
[C] I don't want to do that.
[N]
It really was.
Thank you.
[G] You know, you're always so nice.
You always say just the right thing.
In fact, you're so nice that I not only wanted you on the television show today, but I bought you a gift.
You did?
Well, I didn't buy it really, but I brought it for you.
It's something very [Bbm] special.
It's something very me.
[E] As a [Bb] matter of fact, it is me.
Really?
A little bitty version of me.
[G] Oh, wow.
This is beautiful.
This is the new Dolly doll, and it's supposed to look like me because she's more slender than me.
She does look like you.
You think so?
Pretty chiquito banana.
Oh, boy.
So I brought this for you.
Now, she is the kind of girl that you'd want to take home to your [N] kids.
Right.
You don't have a big one about this size, you know, that I can take home to the kids?
I wouldn't trust you with it.
So I wanted you to have this.
Thank you, Dolly.
[E] This is the first one.
You're the first one to have one of the Dolly dolls.
Thank you.
I really appreciate it, honey.
All right. It's beautiful.
Okay.
[B] You know, it really has been great having you here.
[Bb] And somebody in the audience told me it must be really nice to be a household word like Freddy Fender with all that instant success.
Is that true?
Well, I don't know that instant success.
You've got to be kidding.
You know why?
Because if that was true, it was the slowest and the hardest instant I ever heard of.
Believe me, because I cut my record.
The first time, the first record I ever cut was back in 1956.
Then I had wasted days and wasted nights out in 59.
And it wasn't until 15 long years before I had my first big hit, Before the Next Turd Or False.
You was playing a long time even before you cut your first record, right?
[D] Yeah, I'm getting white beard and [N] white sight burns, everything getting white.
I was ready for Social Security.
And I remember, you know, I used to sit on the corner of Pancho Galvan's grocery store in San Benito, Texas.
And I would play my guitar, which only had three strings and it had no back on it.
It had an Uncle Sam, you know, a ring in the hat thing on it.
You know, one of those old Stella guitars my friend had given to me.
And before that, well, you know, I was about nine or ten.
I would take a sardine can, you know, one of those flat ones, and take the lid off and put some screen wire on it and tie it up.
And then put a stick, you know, so it would give it tension, you know, so I could pluck it.
A lot of tension.
Yes, it sounded pretty good, you know, but it was kind of hard to get a crowd because you could still smell the sardines a little bit, you know, while I was doing it.
I heard your music stung.
Now I know what they mean.
No, I'm only kidding.
You know, I love the kind of songs you do, but did you do country music back then?
Well, Dolly, as you can see, I'm German and part Irish.
Yeah, that's easy to tell.
No, really.
I used to play the accordion and sing Mexican songs, Chicano songs.
And then I got into country music and I started blending my English with Chicano, you know, and also, you know, songs from the 50s or the rock.
And I came out with what you may call a Tex Mex rockabilly.
Well, it sounds like it.
You know, now that you're at the top of the charts, I think it's only right that you'd let me help you sing one of the biggest songs you've ever had before the next teardrop falls.
OK, well, I [G] think so, Dolly, because we practiced it long enough in the back over there.
Let's leave her back here before we knock her wig off.
If [C] [Am] [G]
she brings you [C] happiness, [E] you know [F] I wish you [C] both the best.
[Gm] [F] It's your happiness [G] that matters [C] most of [G] all.
[A] But [G] if [C] she ever breaks your heart, if [F] the teardrops [C] ever start,
[F] [C] I'll be there before [G] the next [C] teardrop [G] falls.
[C]
Though it hurts to let you go, [F] darling, I want [C] you to know [F] that I'll stand by you [G] if ever you [C] should call on [G] me.
And [A] [Bm] if [C] she ever breaks your heart, [E] [C] [F] if the teardrops [C] ever start, [F] I'll [C] be there [G] before the next [C] teardrop falls.
Yes, I'll [F] be [G] there any time that [C] you need me by your side.
[D] To drive away [G] every teardrop that you cry.
[Dm] And if [C] she [G] ever leaves [C] you blue, [F] just remember I [C] love you.
[F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next [C] teardrop falls.
[F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next [C] teardrop falls.
[F]
[C] I don't want to do that.
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
E
Bb
C
G
F
Dolly, that was beautiful.
It really was.
Thank you.
[G] You know, you're always so nice.
You always say just the right thing.
In fact, you're so nice that I not only wanted you on the television show today, but I bought you a gift.
You did?
Well, I didn't buy it really, but I brought it for you.
It's something very [Bbm] special.
It's something very me.
[E] As a [Bb] matter of fact, it is me.
Really?
A little bitty version of me.
[G] Oh, wow.
This is beautiful.
This is the new Dolly doll, and it's supposed to look like me because she's more slender than me.
She does look like you.
You think so?
Pretty chiquito banana.
Oh, boy.
So I brought this for you.
Now, she is the kind of girl that you'd want to take home to your [N] kids.
Right.
You don't have a big one about this size, you know, that I can take home to the kids?
I wouldn't trust you with it.
So I wanted you to have this.
Thank you, Dolly.
[E] This is the first one.
You're the first one to have one of the Dolly dolls.
Thank you.
I really appreciate it, honey.
All right. It's beautiful.
Okay.
[B] You know, it really has been great having you here.
[Bb] And somebody in the audience told me it must be really nice to be a household word like Freddy Fender with all that instant success.
Is that true?
Well, I don't know that instant success.
You've got to be kidding.
You know why?
Because if that was true, it was the slowest and the hardest instant I ever heard of.
Believe me, because I cut my record.
The first time, the first record I ever cut was back in 1956.
Then I had wasted days and wasted nights out in 59.
And it wasn't until 15 long years before I had my first big hit, Before the Next Turd Or False.
You was playing a long time even before you cut your first record, right?
[D] Yeah, I'm getting white beard and [N] white sight burns, everything getting white.
I was ready for Social Security.
_ And I remember, you know, I used to sit on the corner of Pancho Galvan's grocery store in San Benito, Texas.
And I would play my guitar, which only had three strings and it had no back on it.
It had an Uncle Sam, you know, a ring in the hat thing on it.
You know, one of those old Stella guitars my friend had given to me.
And before that, well, you know, I was about nine or ten.
I would take a sardine can, you know, one of those flat ones, and take the lid off and put some screen wire on it and tie it up.
And then put a stick, you know, so it would give it tension, you know, so I could pluck it.
A lot of tension.
Yes, it sounded pretty good, you know, but it was kind of hard to get a crowd because you could still smell the sardines a little bit, you know, while I was doing it.
I heard your music stung.
Now I know what they mean.
_ _ No, I'm only kidding.
You know, I love the kind of songs you do, but did you do country music back then?
Well, Dolly, as you can see, I'm German and part Irish.
Yeah, that's easy to tell.
No, really.
I used to play the accordion and sing Mexican songs, Chicano songs.
And then I got into country music and I started blending my English with Chicano, you know, and also, you know, songs from the 50s or the rock.
And I came out with what you may call a Tex Mex rockabilly.
Well, it sounds like it.
You know, now that you're at the top of the charts, I think it's only right that you'd let me help you sing one of the biggest songs you've ever had before the next teardrop falls.
OK, well, I [G] think so, Dolly, because we practiced it long enough in the back over there.
Let's leave her back here before we knock her wig off.
_ _ If [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G]
she brings you _ [C] happiness, [E] you know [F] I wish you [C] both the best. _
[Gm] [F] It's your happiness [G] that matters [C] most of _ _ _ [G] all.
[A] But [G] if [C] she ever breaks your heart, if [F] the teardrops [C] ever start, _
[F] [C] I'll be there before [G] the next _ [C] teardrop [G] falls.
[C] _ _ _
Though it hurts to let you go, [F] darling, I want [C] you to know _ [F] that I'll stand by you [G] if ever you [C] should call on [G] me.
And [A] [Bm] if [C] she ever _ breaks your heart, [E] _ [C] [F] if the teardrops [C] ever start, [F] I'll [C] be there [G] before the next [C] teardrop _ falls. _
Yes, I'll [F] _ _ be [G] there any time that [C] you need me by your side.
[D] To drive _ _ away _ [G] every teardrop _ that you cry.
[Dm] And if [C] she [G] ever leaves [C] you blue, _ [F] just remember I [C] love you.
[F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next _ [C] teardrop falls.
_ _ [F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next _ [C] teardrop falls.
[F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ I don't want to do that.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It really was.
Thank you.
[G] You know, you're always so nice.
You always say just the right thing.
In fact, you're so nice that I not only wanted you on the television show today, but I bought you a gift.
You did?
Well, I didn't buy it really, but I brought it for you.
It's something very [Bbm] special.
It's something very me.
[E] As a [Bb] matter of fact, it is me.
Really?
A little bitty version of me.
[G] Oh, wow.
This is beautiful.
This is the new Dolly doll, and it's supposed to look like me because she's more slender than me.
She does look like you.
You think so?
Pretty chiquito banana.
Oh, boy.
So I brought this for you.
Now, she is the kind of girl that you'd want to take home to your [N] kids.
Right.
You don't have a big one about this size, you know, that I can take home to the kids?
I wouldn't trust you with it.
So I wanted you to have this.
Thank you, Dolly.
[E] This is the first one.
You're the first one to have one of the Dolly dolls.
Thank you.
I really appreciate it, honey.
All right. It's beautiful.
Okay.
[B] You know, it really has been great having you here.
[Bb] And somebody in the audience told me it must be really nice to be a household word like Freddy Fender with all that instant success.
Is that true?
Well, I don't know that instant success.
You've got to be kidding.
You know why?
Because if that was true, it was the slowest and the hardest instant I ever heard of.
Believe me, because I cut my record.
The first time, the first record I ever cut was back in 1956.
Then I had wasted days and wasted nights out in 59.
And it wasn't until 15 long years before I had my first big hit, Before the Next Turd Or False.
You was playing a long time even before you cut your first record, right?
[D] Yeah, I'm getting white beard and [N] white sight burns, everything getting white.
I was ready for Social Security.
_ And I remember, you know, I used to sit on the corner of Pancho Galvan's grocery store in San Benito, Texas.
And I would play my guitar, which only had three strings and it had no back on it.
It had an Uncle Sam, you know, a ring in the hat thing on it.
You know, one of those old Stella guitars my friend had given to me.
And before that, well, you know, I was about nine or ten.
I would take a sardine can, you know, one of those flat ones, and take the lid off and put some screen wire on it and tie it up.
And then put a stick, you know, so it would give it tension, you know, so I could pluck it.
A lot of tension.
Yes, it sounded pretty good, you know, but it was kind of hard to get a crowd because you could still smell the sardines a little bit, you know, while I was doing it.
I heard your music stung.
Now I know what they mean.
_ _ No, I'm only kidding.
You know, I love the kind of songs you do, but did you do country music back then?
Well, Dolly, as you can see, I'm German and part Irish.
Yeah, that's easy to tell.
No, really.
I used to play the accordion and sing Mexican songs, Chicano songs.
And then I got into country music and I started blending my English with Chicano, you know, and also, you know, songs from the 50s or the rock.
And I came out with what you may call a Tex Mex rockabilly.
Well, it sounds like it.
You know, now that you're at the top of the charts, I think it's only right that you'd let me help you sing one of the biggest songs you've ever had before the next teardrop falls.
OK, well, I [G] think so, Dolly, because we practiced it long enough in the back over there.
Let's leave her back here before we knock her wig off.
_ _ If [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G]
she brings you _ [C] happiness, [E] you know [F] I wish you [C] both the best. _
[Gm] [F] It's your happiness [G] that matters [C] most of _ _ _ [G] all.
[A] But [G] if [C] she ever breaks your heart, if [F] the teardrops [C] ever start, _
[F] [C] I'll be there before [G] the next _ [C] teardrop [G] falls.
[C] _ _ _
Though it hurts to let you go, [F] darling, I want [C] you to know _ [F] that I'll stand by you [G] if ever you [C] should call on [G] me.
And [A] [Bm] if [C] she ever _ breaks your heart, [E] _ [C] [F] if the teardrops [C] ever start, [F] I'll [C] be there [G] before the next [C] teardrop _ falls. _
Yes, I'll [F] _ _ be [G] there any time that [C] you need me by your side.
[D] To drive _ _ away _ [G] every teardrop _ that you cry.
[Dm] And if [C] she [G] ever leaves [C] you blue, _ [F] just remember I [C] love you.
[F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next _ [C] teardrop falls.
_ _ [F] And I'll [C] be there before [G] the next _ [C] teardrop falls.
[F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ I don't want to do that.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _