Salt On My Wounds chords by Bettye Lavette

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Em 
C 
G 
One  (D major) last slow blues  (E minor) to close  (C major) the show  (G major) 
D 
Em 
 (D major) I see you dancin'  (E minor) with her,
C 
F#m 
and Lord,  (C major) it hurts me so  (F sharp minor) 
B 
Em 
And I  (B major) wanna know why  (E minor) you brought
A 
C 
her around here  (A major) so soon  (C major) 
B 
Why  (B major) would you wanna rub
Em 
salt  (E minor) in my wound?
D 
G 
 (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 2

I'm not bitter,

and I won't hold no grudge

I know she's your wo man now,

and I'll try not to touch

But I still wanna know why you

brought her around here so soon

Baby, why you wanna rub salt

in my wound?

Verse 3
B 
Em 
 (B major) Couldn't you just wait  (E minor) 'til the
F#m 
healing hands of time  (F sharp minor) 
B 
Em 
Squeeze  (B major)  (E minor) this pain
F#m 
from my heart  (F sharp minor) 
B 
Em 
And couldn't you  (B major) wait just  (E minor) 
C 
a little bit while longer  (C major) 
B 
'Til my pride isn't  (B major) torn apart? Oh, oh- oh- oh- oh-
Em 
 (E minor) oh

Interlude 1

Verse 4
D 
Em 
You're gon (D major) na take your prize now,  (E minor) 
C 
G 
and just  (C major) walk away  (G major) 
D 
Em 
 (D major) I'm gonna try to hold  (E minor) on and
C 
F#m 
love another  (C major) day  (F sharp minor) 
B 
Em 
 (B major) But I still wanna know  (E minor) why
A 
C 
You brought  (A major) her around here so soon  (C major) 
B 
Em 
 (B major) Baby, why you wan (E minor) na
rub salt in my wound?
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
B 
Em 
Baby,  (B major) why you wan (E minor) na  rub
A 
Em 
A 
salt in  (A major) my wound?  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why,  (E minor) baby?  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why,  (E minor) baby?  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why  (E minor) you wanna rub salt  (A major) in my wound?
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Why, baby?  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why?  (E minor)  (A major) 
G 
 (G major) Why?
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 6
A 
 (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why  (E minor) would you rub salt in my  (A major) wound?
Em 
A 
Why?  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why?  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Why  (E minor) you wanna rub salt in  (A major) my wound
Em 
A 
Why?  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
Why,  (E minor) baby?