Chords:
AmAm7Am/GCDmDm7Dm7/CE7FF(2)F/CGG/BGsusE ---0----0----0----0----1----1----1----0----1----3----1----3-------------|
B ---1----1----1----1----3----1----1----0----1----1----1----0----3----1---|
G ---2----0----2----0----2----2----2----1----2----2----2----0----0----0---|
D ---2----2----2----2----0--------------0----3----3----3----0----0----0---|
A ---0----0---------3--------------3----2--------------3----2----2--------|
E -------------3------------------------0-------------------3---------3---|
IntroCG/B | AmAm/G | DmG | CF/CCVerseCG/BAmFGC
I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
CG/BAmDm7GsusG
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. He said,
CG/BAmFGC
"Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
CG/BAmFGCF/CC
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so."
CG/BAmFGC
We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
CG/BAmDm7GsusG
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
CG/BAmFGC
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
CG/BAmFGCF/CC
Of her, I found this letter, and this is what it said:
ChorusFGCFGC
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
FGAm
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
Dm7Dm7/CGsusG
I don't know how long I'll be.
FGCFGAm
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
FGE7Am7
And between now and then, till I see you again,
F(2)GCG/B | AmAm/G | DmG | CF/CC
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
VerseCG/BAmFGC
I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away,
CG/BAmDm7GsusG
In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.
CG/BAmFGC
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
CG/BAmFGCF/CC
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.
ChorusFGCFGC
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
FGAm
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
Dm7Dm7/CGsusG
I don't know how long I'll be.
FGCFGAm
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
FGE7Am7
And between now and then, till I see you again,
F(2)GCAm7
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
FGE7Am7
Between now and then, till I see you again,
F(2)G (NO CHORDS)
I'll be loving you. Love, me
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.