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I Could Have Told You
Words & Music by Jimmy Van Heusen & Carl Sigman
Recorded by Frank Sintra, 1955
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 de - sert 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 cry - ing,
D9 G9 G D7/9/F# G/F# D9 B7 Em
Yes I could have told you she's ly - ing
C C/B Am7 Am7/G D9 Fdim E7
But you were in love and did - n't want to know
Bridge
Bm7-5 E7-9 Fdim C C/B Am7 Cdim D7/9 G
I hear her now as I toss and turn and try to sleep
Bm7-5 E7-9 Fdim C C/B Am7 Cdim D9 Am7 Cdim G B7 Em7
I hear her now, making pro - mis - es she'll nev - er keep
G Am7 G Am7/9 A9 Am7 Fdim D7
And soon it's o - ver and done with,
D9 G9 G D7/9/F# G/F# D9 B7 Em
She'll find some - one new to have fun with
Em7 C CM7 CM7/6 Cdim C C/B Am7 Cdim G
Through all of my tears, I could have told you so.
*Suggested by recent visitor Doyle Crews
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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