Before It Begins Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays393

Before It Begins by Mickey Gilley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C, D7 and A7. 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 
You walked right in big as sin  

               G7              C 
With that same ole come get me smile 

              D7      G      C 
I can see you haven’t really changed 
  
        A7                         D7 
And you still gotta a whole lot of style 


     G 
It’s not much not all over  

          G7                  C 
And there won’t be nothing to end 

             D7   G      C 
Not unless I take no chances 
  
          G       C 
To stop before it begins 


G 
We traveled all the highways 

          G7              C 
And if it didn’t work out then 

          D7      G     C 
Oh why do we keep going down 

     A7            D7 
That same ol’ road again 


G 
We know how much I want you 

       G7                C 
It’s a shame we can’t be friends 

                 D7       G     C 
But there’s just too much temptation 

             G       C 
Let’s stop before it begins 


D7 
Don’t touch me like you used to 

C              G 
Before we said goodbye 

   A7 
We had all love had to offer 

D7 
Is it enough to try 


G 
I can say honey it’s good to see you 

      G7               C 
But I guess that all depends 

               D7       G     C 
On how much it hurts to leave you 

             G       C      G 
Let’s stop before it begins 


   C           D7       G     C 
Oh Lord how it hurts to leave you 

                G       C     G 
So let’s stop before it begins 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

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