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

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