Chords for If I Told You Once

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[Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Abm] _
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[Db] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Db] _ [Cm] _ _ [Gb] _ [C] If I [G] told you [Cm] once, I told you a [Fm] thousand times, my dear,
Never to [G] fall in [Dm] love with a [G] man who drinks from the [Cm] well of despair.
[Ebm] _ [G] [Cm] I thought from the very start I'd [Fm] need it quicklier, befear,
Now you're [G] righteously fucked as you swing from a rope at the [Cm] top of the stairs.
_ [Eb] If I told you once, I told you [Gm] twice, I was held in the grip of incurable [Fm] vice,
Lips turning blue like the shade of your [Ab] eyes, limbs shudder and twitch as you met your [Eb] demise.
You must have looked pretty as you stepped off the [Gm] chair, pink satin slippers how they danced in the [Fm] air,
Your dainty tongue swelled to an alarming degree.
[Ab] Hope you were thinking of me, [G] [Ab] hope you were [G] thinking of me, [Cm] thinking of me.
_ [Db] _ [Cm] _ _ _
If I told you twice, I told you two [Fm] thousand times, my dear,
Never to [G] fall in love with a man who's broken beyond [Cm] all repair.
[Ebm] _
[G] [Cm] I knew from the very start you'd end [Fm] up right here, so queer,
Now you've left [G] me with naught but a suicide note and the lock [Cm] of your hair. _
[Eb] If I mentioned it once, I'd mentioned it [Gm] twice, I was bound in the throes of unearthly [Fm] device,
Radiance bloomed as I lay you to [Ab] rest, shadows of moonbeam alighting your [Eb] breast.
Deep in the ground, and the worms have their [Gm] feast, last you can taste an incurable [Fm] peace,
Now that you're dead and you're finally free, [Ab] hope you were thinking of me,
[G] [D] Hope you were [G] thinking of [Cm] me, thinking of me. _
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[Fm] If _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _
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[Dbm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Dbm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Dbm] [Cm] I told you thrice, I told you three [Fm] thousand times, my dear,
Never to [G] fall in love with a man who'd draw you [Cm] into his lair.
[Ebm] _ [G] [Cm] I'd warned from the very start the end [Fm] would be rather severe,
Now your screams [G] fall like vapoury stones from your mouth into [Cm] the night air.
_ [D] [Eb] One time begat twice, then third time's a charm, [Gm] disregarded all obvious signs of alarm,
[Fm] Skin milky white as you lie in repose, [Ab] tattered dress stained from the blood I suppose,
[Eb] So hollow and vacant, devoid of all light, [Gm] your epitaph written on our wedding night,
[Fm] As your muscles were twitching in their final plea, [Ab] hope you were thinking of me,
[G] Hope [Fm] you were thinking [G] of [Cm] me, thinking of me.
[Db] Thinking [Cm] of me, [Db] thinking [Cm] of me, [Db] always thinking [Cm] of me, [G] [Gb] just me.
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