Chords for Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter You Were Never There

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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] You know [D] I asked the [C] operator [G] if [C] the line was clear for [G] only you and me.
[C] And things we have to say [G] to one another _ _ [Am] are [G] better [C] said [D] in privacy.
How [G] _ [D] could you go [Em] away so [G] cold?
_ [C] You never even [G] let me know.
_ _ [C] _ Ask your heart if [G] you can find it _ [Am] underneath [G] that [C] covering [D] of snow.
_ _ [Bm] _ [B] You were [C] never [D] there when [G] I needed you.
All [C] your [D] reasons fit [C] too motive like [G] a glove.
You [C] were always chasing rainbows, I was [Em] only [G] asking love.
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[C] What were [G] you [D] thinking [G] of? _ _ _
[C] What were you [G] thinking? _ _ _ _
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[G] If you could wish [D] for anything [C] you wanted, [G] _
[C] would you wish for me one single [G] yesterday?
When [C] half of you cried out to hold [G] me closer, _ [Am] while half of you [G] was pushing [C] me [G] away.
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[G] My love for you [D] now lies as [Em] lonely as it [C] do.
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[C] And it still burdens when you're [G] apart of me. _ _
[C] In the embers I see [G] all the pictures _ [Am] of me and [G] you, [C] you [Gm] and me.
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[Bm] _ [B] You were [C] never there [D] when [G] I needed you.
[C] All your [G] reasons fit too [C] motive like [G] a glove.
_ _ [C] You were chasing rainbows, I was [B] only [G] asking [A] love.
[C] What were [D] you thinking [G] of?
_ _ _ [C] What were you thinking of?
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