#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # ucscb.ucsc.edu THE WOMAN BEFORE ME (by Jude Johnstone; sung by Trisha Yearwood) -------------------------------------------- [Actually in D; capo 2.] [Each chord is half a measure, except chords joined by a hyphen (E.G., "Bm - A") are half A measure _total_.] G Am - G C C [intro] F F G C - G I can see you turn away when I ask what for F F G C - G You say it isn't anything, but I'm not sure F F G C - G Something underneath the skin won't let you be F F G - F C And you try to keep it in, but I can see G - Am - G/B - C C F C The wo - man be - fore me must have been hard on you F C G G 'Cause that hurt in your eyes, I never put you through G - Am - G/B - C C F C Sometimes I think you must be talking to G Am - G C C The woman before me and you Sometimes in an argument, it will show When you go a little farther than you meant to go I know you don't mean the things that you say I just wanna ease the pain that's in your way But the woman before me must have been hard on you 'Cause that hurt in your eyes, I never put you through Sometimes I think you must be talking to The woman before me and you Am G - F C F If there are sorrows that bring back a tear Am G - F C C Don't let them keep us apart Am G - F C F You oughta know you've got nothing to fear Am G G Here in my heart 'Cause you and I will never be like the past Whatever kind of memories that you have Nothing's gonna hurt me how, can't you see I already made it a vow that I can keep But the woman before me must have been hard on you 'Cause that hurt in your eyes, I never put you through Sometimes I think you must be talking to The woman before me and you Sometimes I think you must be talking to G Am - G C - G7sus4 C. The woman before me and you ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== Adam Schneider indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu U.C. Santa Cruz Mail me if you want guitar chords for Indigo Girls, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Lucinda Williams, etc. ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==