Chords for The Best "Obscure" Ronnie Milsap Song - Ever

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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G]
This particular song [Bm] recorded in an album several years [C] ago [D] and was likely [G] pretty obscure,
but [D] written by one of my favorite [C] songwriters, Mickey Newberry.
[D] And I love this song because it talks [G] about what the power of [Bm] love can do.
[C] _ You [D] know, love's the most powerful [A] thing in the world.
It's what makes the world [Bm] go round.
_ _ [C] But you know, I've seen [D] love do some [Bm] strange things to a man.
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ [C]
I've seen love make [D] a man turn his back on his best friend.
_ _ [Bm]
And I've seen [C] love make a man [D] sleep out in the rain [G] all night long.
[Bm] _ Ain't that [C] right, Jamie?
_ [D] _
_ [G] Was it Little [B] Rock?
It was New [C] Orleans. Yeah.
[D] But _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm]
I [C] get to thinking if it wasn't [D] for my music and a good woman's [G] love,
[F#] I don't know where I'd be today.
[C] _ _ [D] Maybe I'd be working in [G] a sawmill somewhere.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [C]
Try to [D] imagine that.
_ [G] Grab that [Bm] board, Millsap.
[D] _ He just lost another finger.
Mama, he'll [G] never play the piano again.
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] I [Bm] left Decatur [Em]
helping to [G] forget
[C] Bought a ticket to Skowhegan [G] Bay
_ [D] _ I [G] wound up in [F#m] Seattle
[Em] Too drunk and [G] too rattled
[A] To know that I caught the [Am] wrong train
[D] _ I [G] met some fast, [F#m] easy women
[Em] And some hard [G]-drinking men
[C] Trying to drown the sorrow [A] in me _
[C] Oh, I once [D] had a lot
But [G] the future [C] is not
_ [G] _ Not [D] what it [C] used to _ be
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [G] Oh, the years, they [F#m] went by
And I went [Em] still to lay [D] down
[C] Till I had no [G] place I could go _ _
I made the soup lines [F#m] by morning
[Em] And the dives every [G] night
_ [A] _ Wrecking my body [Am] and [D] soul
_ [G] And then I met [Bm] a lady
[Em] And in time she [D] made me [C] forget
Yes, her love set [A] me free
Though [C] we ain't got a lot
[G] But the future [C] is not
[G] _ Not what [D] it [C] used to _ be
_ [G] Oh, _ _ _ [Em] I never _ _ [Bm] thought I could live to get older
[C] For the past cut [D] a hole deep in me
_ But _ [Em] now there's a chance
[Bm] I'll be here a while longer
_ [C] _ And at least now I [D] want to be
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F#m] Somebody told me [Em] that you were [G] in town
[C] And _ _ I found [G] out today
[D] And _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] you know I'm sorry [Em] to hear [G] that you're down
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] But honey, what can I say?
_ _ _ [G]
I know [F#m] your sorrow
_ [Em] I know your [G] pain
_ _ [C] Don't _ you know I [A] know your need _
Cause I once [C] loved you [D] a lot
But girl, [G] the future [C] is not
_ [G] Not [D] what it used to _ be _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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