Forgive Me For Giving You The Blues Chords

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Forgive Me For Giving You The Blues by Mel Tillis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G               G7         C 
I’m afraid of tomorrow and ashamed of today 

    D7                                              G 
For I just stood there like a fool and let you walk away 

                              G7                  C 
I held my ground right when I should’a been on my knees 

  D7                                             G 
I said goodbye right when I should’a been saying please 


               G7             C 
Forgive me for giving you the blues 

D7                           G 
Didn’t mean to be so mean to you 

               G7          C 
I’ve been so unaware about showing how I care 

   D7                         G 
Forgive me for giving you the blues 


                G7            C 
A king size bed with no queen seems a mile wide 

    D7                                                 G 
And you’ve not been gone long enough for your tears to dry 

                             G7                 C 
I can’t sleep cause memories keep coming on too strong 

  D7                                                 G 
I can see I made you leave but I can’t make you come home 


               G7             C 
Forgive me for giving you the blues 

D7                           G 
Didn’t mean to be so mean to you 

               G7          C 
I’ve been so unaware about showing how I care 

   D7                         G 
Forgive me for giving you the blues 


   D7                         G 
Forgive me for giving you the blues 
    	

Chord diagrams

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