Somebody Should Have Told Me Chords by Cissy Houston

_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Em] I'm not going [F] _ to be able to do it.
[Dm] _
I'm not _ _ [G] _ [Gm] going to be able to do it.
[Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ I'm _ [F] _
not _ _ _ _ _ _ going to be able to do it.
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ Somebody _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ should have [Gm] told me
_ _ [C] that I would _ [Gm] [Am] feel the way [Dm] I do.
Somebody should have [Gm] told me
_ [C] I should have _ [Gm] [Am] stayed away [Dm] from you.
_ _ _ Somebody should [Bb] have told me
_ about [C] the pain _ [Gm] [Em] and the plea [Dm] that's nice.
Somebody should have [Bb] warned _ me
[C] and explained [Gm] it never [Am] remains [Dm] the same.
[G] _
_ [B] I never would have known this far,
knowing you for what you are.
[Bb] How [Am] could you treat [Gm] me so bad, [Am] I'm so sad.
Oh, [Dm] see that's not the real life,
never open up your eyes.
[Bb] See [A] that we're [F] [Gm] losing the love [Am] that we want [D] you to share. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Dm] Somebody should have [Gm] told [C] me
[G] _ [C] that my dreams [Gm] just [Am] would fade [Dm] away.
Somebody should have [Gm] warned me
not [C] to hope _ [Gm] [Am] that you'd really [Dm] stay.
[G] _ I never would have known this [F] far,
knowing [B] you for what you are.
[Bb] How [A] could you treat [Gm] me so [G] bad, [Am] I'm so sad.
[Dm] Oh, see that's not the real life,
never [C] open up your [Dm] eyes.
See that we're losing the love [Am] that we want you [D] to share. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [E] I [F] [Ab] never would have known [D] this far,
that my dreams _ [B] just [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [F]
would fade away.
not to hope that [Ab] _ [D] you'd really stay.
[Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] Somebody [F] should [B] have told [C] _ [Dm] me
that my _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] dreams just would fade away.
I never would have known this far,
[F] knowing you for what you are.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] That's not the real life,
[F] never open up your _ [Bb] eyes.
[Am] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] Never would have known this far,
knowing you for what you [Bb] are.
How could [Am] you treat me [Gm] so bad, I'm [Am] so sad.
[Dm] Oh, see that's not the real life,
never open up your [Am] _ [Bb] eyes.
[Em]
We're losing [G] the [Em] love that we [Am] want you [D] to share. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Somebody [Dm] should have [Gm] told me
[C] not to trust [G] _ [Am] anything [Dm] you say.
Somebody should [Bb] have [Gm] warned me
that you would pick up [Am] and [G] leave someday. _ _
[Dm] See, I never would have known this far,
knowing you for [C] what you are.
[Bb] _ [Am] How could [G] you treat me so bad, [Am] I'm so sad.
Oh, [Dm] never open up your eyes.
That's not the real life.
[Bb] See that [Am] you're losing the [G] love that you [Am] want.
[Dm] Oh, I never would have known this far,
[F] knowing you for what you are.
[Bb] How could you [Am] treat me so bad, [Gm] I'm so [Am] sad.
Oh, [Dm] never open up your eyes.
That's not the real life.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _