Chords for If I Told You Once

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_ _ _ [Gb] _ [C] If I told you [Cm] once, I told you a [Fm] thousand times, my dear,
Never could [G] fall in love with a man Who drinks from the well [Cm] of despair.
_ I thought from the very start I'd meet [Fm] it quick, dear, I fear,
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 vice,
[Fm] Lips turning blue like the shade of your [Ab] eyes, Limbs shudder and twitch as you met your demise.
[Eb] You must have looked pretty as you stepped off the chair,
[Gm] Pink satin slippers, how they danced in the air,
[Fm] Your dainty tongue swelled to an alarming degree.
[Ab] Hope you were thinking of me, [G] Hope you were thinking of [Cm] me,
Thinking of me.
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. _ _
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 mentioned it [Gm] twice, I was bound in the throes of unearthly [Fm] device,
Radiance bloomed as I lay you to rest, [Ab] Shadows of moonbeam alighting your [Eb] breast.
Deep in the ground, then the worms have their feast,
[Gm] Last you can taste an incurable peace.
[Fm] Now that you're dead and you're finally free,
[Ab] Hope you were thinking of me, [G] Hope you were thinking of [Cm] me,
Thinking of me. _
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ _ If 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.
_ I'd warned from the very start the end [Fm] would be rather severe,
Now your screams [G] fall like vaporous stones from your mouth into [Cm] the night air.
_ [Eb] One time begat twice, then third time's a charm, [Gm] Disregarded all obvious signs of the long,
[Fm] Skin milky white as you lie in repose, [Ab] Tattered dress stained from the blood I suppose,
[Eb] Soul hollow and vacant, devoid of all light, [Gm] Your epitaph written on our wedding night,
[Fm] As your muscles were twitching in their affine oomphly,
[Ab] Hope you were thinking of me, [G] Hope you were thinking of me,
Thinking [Cm] of me.
Thinking of me.
Thinking of me.
Always thinking of me.
[Gb] Just me.