I'd rather be sorry

 

               D                   D7               G

1. If you hurt me, you won't be the first or the last,

            A              A7          D      - A

    in a lifetime of many mistakes.

               D                    D7             G

    But I won't spend tomorrow regretting the past,

                   A              A7         D     - D7

    for the chances that I didn't take.

 

             G              A              D     - D7

'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over,

          G                 A                 D     - D7

if I'm right or I'm wrong loving you.

            G             A           D                      G

But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done,

               D                   A          D      - A

than for something that I didn't do.

 

                       D                  D7         G

2. When you touch me it's easy to make me believe

          A                  A7             D  - A

    tomorrow won't take you away.

                D                D7              G

    But I'd gamble whatever tomorrow might bring,

                A                  A7         D  - D7

    for the love that I'm living today.        + CHORUS

 

                 D                 D7                 G

3. I know someday that I may wake up all alone,

                     A         A7                   D   - A

    when the love I believed in has died.

                D                 D7              G

    But at least I won't wonder what I might have won,

                   A                    A7                   D - D7

    from the lifetime that I watched going by.     + CHORUS

 

                      G             A            D                     G

    + Yes,  I'd rather be sorry for something I've done,

                  D                   A           G - D

   than for something that I didn't do.  

 

    (Kris Kristofferson)