Only Time Will Tell Me chords by Bettye Lavette

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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D 
Only time will tell me  (B major)  (D major) if I'm right or wrong
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Bm 
B 
 (B major) Or if I'm going some (B minor) where  (B major) 
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G 
 (B minor) where  (D major) I don't belong  (G major) 
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 (A flat minor) I've been standing on the  (E flat major) corner  (A flat minor) 
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C 
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 (G major) Trying to get across the street  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (B minor) For so  (B major) many years,
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y'all I've been  (G major) looking down at my feet
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But now, I'm  (E minor) gonna  (E major) move,
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I'm gonna move  (B minor)  (E major) 
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 (B major) Stand up, try

Verse 2

my wings and fly away

And if I ever pass this way again

It will be just another

ordinary day

Verse 3
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B 
 (B minor) I used to  (B major) think a woman
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was  (D major) just made to love a man
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Bm 
 (B major) But a man is something you have to  (B minor) try
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to  (D major) hold on to if  (B minor) you can  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Abm 
 (A flat minor) One day, my man  (B major) walked  (A flat minor) out
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Em 
 (G major) Oh, he left me with  (E minor) rules
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 (B minor) I've been living through him for so long,
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I had  (G major) nothing of my own to lose
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But now, I'm  (E major) gonna move,
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E 
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I'm  (E minor) gonna move  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (B major) Stand

Verse 4

up, try my wings and

be just who I am

And if I ever pass this way again

I'll be ready for a real man

Interlude 1
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Bm 
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Bm 
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D 
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 (D major)  (B major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (D major)  (B major) 
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D 
A 
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E 
G#m 
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 (B minor)  (B major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E major)  (G sharp minor)  (G major) 
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G 
Em 
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 (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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Em 
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 (A major)  (B major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (B minor) 
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D 
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 (G major)  (A major)  (B major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (E major) 
B 
 (B major) Oh,

Verse 5
everybody want some power
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A 
In this  (D major) land of liberty  (A major) 
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E 
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 (B major) But having lots of power  (E major)  (B major) won't
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ne (D major) cessarily make you free
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B 
 (G sharp minor) It'll  (B major) make you think there's
G 
 (G major) somebody there to knack
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Bm 
 (B major) Someday, you might  (B minor) have to give
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G 
 (A major) up  (G major) every little thing you got

Verse 6
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So, if you wan (B major) na move,
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 (E major)  (A major)  (E major) if you wanna move
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Bm 
 (B major) Get up, and find  (B minor) your own way
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Em 
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Em 
out  (D major) the door  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
 (G major) If  (E minor) you ever pass this way again
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You  (G major) will know you've been
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through it all  (B minor) before  (B major) 

Verse 7
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 (B major) 
E 
If you  (E major) wanna move,
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E 
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 (A major)  (E major)  (A major) if you  (E major) wanna  (A major) move  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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Bm 
 (B major) Stand up,  (B minor) try your wings
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E 
Em 
 (B major) and  (E major) fly now out the door  (E minor) 
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D 
E 
If you ever pass this way  (E major) again  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (G major) You will know you've been
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B 
through it all  (B minor) be   (B major) fore
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A 
G 
Bm 
Em 
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 (B minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (E major) 

Verse 8
E 
 (E major) I think
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Em 
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you ought to  (B major) move  (B minor)  (E minor)  (E major) 
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I think  (D major) you ought to  (B minor) move  (E major)  (A major) 
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E 
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 (B major) Move  (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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E 
Bm 
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 (B minor) Move  (B major)  (E major)  (B minor)  (E major) 
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B 
D 
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Em 
E 
 (A major) Stand up,  (B major)  (D major)  (B major) and move  (E minor)  (E major) 
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Bm 
E 
D 
 (B major) Stand up,  (B minor) and move  (E major)  (D major) 