Don’t tell me your troubles    (video)

 

    G      F      - G

        Mmm !          (2x)

 

      G                                                 C                    G

1. Don't tell me your troubles, I got troubles of my own,

      G                                             - C                    G

    don't tell me your troubles, just       leave me  alone.

 

                 Em                 G

Leave me alone, go on home !

                  Em                                      D

Tell it to a friend, I got troubles of my own.

 

             G                                                 C                           G

2. You say your sweet love's left you, what you think about me?

        G                                                      C                    G

    I got those same old heartaches, the same old miseries.

 

                  Em                G

Leave me alone, go on home !

                  Em                                      D

Tell it to a friend, I got troubles of my own.

 

        C                                                   G

+ It happens to the best of us, that's what  they always say,

           C                                                  - D                       D7

    so, take it, boy, like a man, and don't        stand in my way.

 

            G                                                         C                       G

3. You tell me that's she's a no good, she's mean as she can be,

            G                                                              C                            G

    it's written all over your lonesome face, any heartbreak fool can see.

 

                 Em                 G

Leave me alone, go on home !

                  Em                                      D

Tell it to a friend, I got troubles of my own.

 

+  instrumental = verse 3 & CHORUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                C                                                   G

+ Well, it happens to the best of us, that's what  they always say,

           C                                                  - D                       D7

    so, take it, boy, like a man, and don't        stand in my way.

 

            G                                                         C                       G

4. You tell me that's she's a no good, she's mean as she can be,

            G                                                              C                            G

    it's written all over your lonesome face, any heartbreak fool can see.

 

                 Em                 G

Leave me alone, go on home !

                  Em                                     D

Tell it to a friend, I got troubles of my own.

 

   G      F      - G

+     Mmm          (2x)

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Don Gibson)