Chords for It Should Have Been You: Teddy Pendergrass

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Oh [C#] baby, _ [C] oh baby, _ [Dm] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I dreamed of you last [G] night.
_ _ [C] Oh, your face [Am] was so very [G] clear.
_ All [E] I could do was think about the [Am] good times
that [D] you and I used to share.
[G] _ _ I can [Am]
still remember the last [G] time
_ Oh, [D] I held you in my [G] arms.
_ But [E] all those days have come and gone [Am] now
and all I [D] seem to do [Dm] is cry.
[Bm] It hurts, _ _ [E]
remembering how [Am] things used to be.
[D] _
_ [Dm] We [Bm] thought our _ _ [E] love would last throughout [Am] _ eternity. _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] Now, [F] sister, _ [C]
babe, [G] it should have been you.
[D] Oh, it should have [Bm] been you.
_ [E] _
It should have [Am] been all those things [D] have come.
_ [G] I was meant to _ [Dm]
be.
[C#] But if I [G] had you, [Dm] oh girl, it's [Bm] time to see.
_ [E] _
_ You would [Am] have all my [D] love.
_ _ [F] I _ can't [A] _
decide.
_ [G] _ _ Now, [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am]
you've got somebody else.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Yes, I've got [Am] somebody too.
[G] _ _ But you [E] know, I finally realized that
[Am] no one could [D] ever take the [Am] place of you, no.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] I'm not one to place the blame
[G] _ or for whatever [D] the fault just might be.
_ _ All I need is [E] to find a [D] little [Am] happiness
or a life [C] that would [Am] fulfill me.
[Bm] It's you.
It's you.
[E] It's you that [Am] means more to me. _
_ [Dm] Without [Bm] your _ love,
[E] there's nothing more [Am] than fantasy. _ _
_ [C] Baby, [Gm] come back [F] to me.
[A] Oh, [G] it should have been you.
Oh, [D] _
it should have [Bm] been me.
_ [E] _
It would have [Am] been all those things [D] that I _ [G] was meant to be.
[D] _
[C#] It should have [G] been you.
_ _ [Dm] _
It should have [Bm] been me.
_ _ [E] _
_ We [Am] could have built that love [A] so strong.
_ [D] But my eyes were closed and I didn't see.
[C] Oh, it should have been you, [Dm] baby.
It should have [Bm] been me.
_ _ [E] _
It would have [Am] been all the things that [A]
life [Am] was meant to [G] be,
was [D] meant to [Dm] be, [G] meant to be, [C] baby.
All that I've been [Dm] through, girl.
This [Bm] time, you see, [E] this time,
we would [Am] have [Bm] all gone [A]
along.
_ [F] That I kept, [D] oh, I kept myself [G] inside of me.
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_ [C] _ [Bm] Oh, it hurts.
_ _ [E] _
Remembering how [Am] things used to be.
[A] _
_ We [Bm] thought our love _ [E] would last throughout _ [Am] _ eternity. _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] Now it's [F] history.
_ [Am]
Oh, [Em] baby.
_ _ [G] It should have been [E] you, baby.
It should [Bm] have been me.
It should have [E] been me.
It would have [Am] been all those things [A] in life that [G] was meant to be.
Oh, [D] baby.
[C#] I know, I [G] know, I know, I know it should have [Dm] been you.
It should [Bm] have been me.
You _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Am] could have built a love so [D] strong.
[Am] But I know [D] my eyes were closed [G] and I [C#] didn't see.
[C] Oh, it should have been _ _ [D]
you, baby.
Oh, it [Bm] should have been me.
It should have [E] been you and me.
Oh, [Am] it would have been all those things [D] in life [Am] that was [D] meant to be,
that was meant to be.
Oh, [G] baby.
[C] Oh, I know if I had you, [Dm] girl.
I _ [C] _ [Bm] know this time you'll change.
[E] I'll show you, [D] baby.
_ [Am] You would have all my [D] love.
All the [F] love.
All the love [E] I kept wrapped up inside [G] of me.
_ _ [Am]
Oh, yeah.
It should have been [G] you.
_ _ [D] _
Why don't you give [G] me one more chance?
_ [A]
You want to be with [G] me?
_ _ _ [D] _
Take a chance with me, baby.
I _ [Am] woke up this morning with [E] you on my mind.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] Oh, baby.
_ [Am] _
_ _ [G] Oh, baby.
_ _ [Am] _
[D] Come on.
_ _ _ _ [Am]
Try it again.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Let's start all [G] over.
_ _ _ [A]
We can make it [G] work, Mr.
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