I Could Have Told You Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays437

I Could Have Told You by Dinah Washington is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am7, Am7/9, A9, Fdim, D7, D9, G9, D7/9/F#, G/F#, B7, Em, C, C/B, Am7/G, Cdim, E7, Bm5-/7, E7/9-, D7/9, Em7, C7M and C7M/9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Introdução: G Am7 G Am7/9 A9 Am7 Fdim D7 

G  Am7   G  Am7/9 A9    Am7  Fdim D7 
I could have told you, she'd hurt you,  
 D9    G9   G    D7/9/F#  G/F# D9  B7   Em 
She'd love you a  while,  then   desert you 
   C   C/B     Am7   Am7/G  D9           Am7  Cdim G 
If on - ly you asked,       I could have told you  so. 
G  Am7   G   Am7/9 A9  Am7 Fdim   D7 
I could have saved you some  crying,  
D9  G9  G       D7/9/F#  G/F# D9   B7   Em 
Yes I could have told    you she's  lying 
     C   C/B    Am7  Am7/G     D9     Fdim     E7 
But you were in love       and didn't want to know 

Bridge 

Bm5-/7 E7/9- Fdim  C  C/B      Am7     Cdim     D7/9     G       
I   hear her  now    as I toss and turn and try to sleep 
Bm5-/7 E7/9- Fdim  C  C/B     Am7     Cdim  D9    Am7  Cdim G  B7  Em7 
I   hear her  now,    making promises  she'll never    keep 
G   Am7   G  Am7/9 A9  Am7 Fdim  D7 
And soon it's  over and done with,  
  D9   G9    G     D7/9/F#  G/F#  D9  B7   Em 
She'll find someone  new     to  have fun with 
Em7      C  C7M C7M/9 Cdim  C  C/B       Am7 Cdim G 
Through all of    my tears, I could have told you so. 
    	

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100 BPM Andante