Had You Told It Like It Was (It Wouldn't Be Like It Is) chords by Albert King

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Verse 1
Em 
G 
C 
B 
 (E minor) No, no,  (G major) not  (C major) like any  (B major) 
Em 
G 
C 
No,  (E minor) no,  (G major) not  (C major) like any
B 
Em 
 (B major) When I spoke  (E minor) to you
G 
C 
 (G major) You said,  (C major) how do you do
B 
Em 
G 
 (B major) It didn't  (E minor) mean I  (G major) wanted
C 
B 
to  (C major) marry you  (B major) 
Em 
You  (E minor) told your friends
G 
C 
This  (G major)  (C major) was the real thing
B 
Em 
Now  (B major) they're  (E minor) asking to see
B 
The  (B major) wedding ring
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) Had you  (A minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
Em 
Had you  (E minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
G 
C 
Had  (G major) you  (C major) told it like it was
B 
Em 
It  (B major) wouldn't be like it  (E minor) is
No, no
B 
Em 
Not like it is  (B major)  (E minor) 
No, no
Not like it is
My telephone rang
G 
C 
 (G major) The  (C major) day of by noon
B 
Em 
 (B major) It was your  (E minor) mother
G 
C 
Asking  (G major) about a  (C major) wedding in June
B 
Em 
G 
But  (B major)  (E minor) when I finished talk (G major) ing
C 
She was  (C major) mad as could be
G 
Em 
Because  (G major) I  (E minor) told her to forget it
B 
Em 
 (B major) She'd never boss  (E minor) me,
Am 
had you told  (A minor) it like it was
Yeah, yeah
Em 
Had you  (E minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
C 
Had you  (C major) told it like it was
B 
Em 
It  (B major) wouldn't be like it  (E minor) is
No, no
Not like it is
G 
Am 
Em 
It  (G major) sure  (A minor) took me for  (E minor) granted
G 
Am 
Em 
An (G major) d  (A minor) that isn't right at all  (E minor) 
G 
Am 
Em 
I  (G major)  (A minor) hope you understand now  (E minor) 
G 
C 
B 
 (G major) You're  (C major) up in some dark blue wall  (B major) 
Em 
G 
D 
It's  (E minor) much too late  (G major) to  (D major) start
C 
talk (C major) in' too fast
Em 
G 
Cause  (E minor) you know your  (G major) dream
C 
world is  (C major) in the past
B 
Em 
G 
C 
It's  (B major)  (E minor) over now  (G major) and it's  (C major) plain to see
B 
Em 
B 
 (B major) I   (E minor) ain't got you,  (B major) you ain't got me
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) Had you  (A minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
Em 
Had you  (E minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
C 
Had you  (C major) told it like it was
B 
Em 
It  (B major) wouldn't be like it  (E minor) is
Not like it, not like it is
Am 
Em 
You sure  (A minor) took me for  (E minor) granted
Am 
Em 
An (A minor) d   that is right at  (E minor) all
G 
Am 
Em 
 (G major) I  (A minor) hope you understand now  (E minor) 
C 
You  (C major) hurt me so bad before
B 
Em 
 (B major) It's  (E minor) much too late to
G 
C 
 (G major) stop talk (C major) ing too fast
B 
Em 
Cause  (B major) you  (E minor) know you dreamed
G 
C 
worlds  (G major) in  (C major) the past
B 
Em 
 (B major) It's  (E minor) all over now,
G 
C 
 (G major) and it's  (C major) plain to see
B 
Em 
B 
I  (B major)  (E minor) ain't got you,  (B major) you ain't got me
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) Had you  (A minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
Em 
Had you  (E minor) told it like it was
Yeah, yeah
C 
Had you  (C major) told it like it was
B 
Em 
It  (B major) wouldn't be like  (E minor) it is
G 
Em 
No, no,  (G major)  (E minor) not like it is
B 
G 
C 
 (B major) Had  (G major) you  (C major) told it like it was
B 
Em 
It  (B major) wouldn't be like it  (E minor) is
No, no, not like it is
B 
Em 
C 
 (B major) Had  (E minor) you  (C major) told it like it was,
B 
it  (B major) wouldn't be like it is
Em 
 (E minor) 