What I’d say  (US & CAN Country 1, 1988)     (video)

 

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1. Talkin' to the mirror, whispering your name

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    just like you were here, you'd think I was insane.

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    I hold these conversations in the silence of my room,

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    rehearsing all the things I'd say, should I run into you.

 

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    How's it going, might be what I'd say,

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    you broke my heart, you know or it looks like rain today.

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Or maybe       God, I've missed you since you went away,

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    “You're lookin' well”,        or “Go to hell” might be what I'd say.

 

+  D - Bm - G - D (2x)

 

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2. There's times I've been so angry,

 

    I could put my fist right through the wall

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    And then there's times, I've come so close to givin' you a call.

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    I love you and I hate you, all at the same time

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    I pray that you'll come back to me before I lose my mind.      +  CHORUS

 

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+  Guess you will have to wait until that day to find out what I'd say.

 

+  G - Bm - F#m - G   - G - Em - A - A7

 

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+    God, I've missed you since you went away,

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    “You're lookin' well”,        or “Go to hell” might be what I'd say.

 

+  D - Bm - G - D (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Earl Thomas Conley)