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♫ Intro:
G C G C
♫ Verse :
G
Don’t Wait Till They’ve Had A Bad Day
C
Don’t Wait Till You Find The Time
G
Don’t Wait Till Their Down On Their Luck And Need A Cheer Up Cause Somebody Made Em Cry
C
Don’t Just Stand There Waiting ‘Round
G
Tryin’ To Find The Perfect Way
Em C
To Get The Weight Off Your Chest If Your Hearts Full Of Words That You Wanna Say
♫ Chorus:
G
Tell ‘Em Right Now
Call ‘Em Right Up
C
Put Your Pride Down
Show A Little Love
Em
Put It On Paper
Sing It In A Song
C
Cause One Day They’re Here And The Next They’re Gone
G
It could be I love you
It could be I miss you
C
It could be I’m sorry for the way that I did you
Em C
Don’t wait till your standing at their grave just wishin’ you could tell them how you feel somehow
G
Tell ‘em right now
♫ Instrumental:
C G C
♫ Verse :
G
I can still hear him now
C
What my old man used to say
G C
Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today
G
Yeah I wish I would have listened then
C
Cause now he’s just a memory
Em C
You can take it with a grain of salt if you want or you can take it from me
♫ Chorus:
G
Tell ‘Em Right Now
Call ‘Em Right Up
C
Put Your Pride Down
Show A Little Love
Em
Put It On Paper
Sing It In A Song
C
Cause One Day They’re Here And The Next They’re Gone
G
It could be I love you
It could be I miss you
C
It could be I’m sorry for the way that I did you
Em C
Don’t wait till your standing at their grave just wishin’ you could tell them how you feel somehow
G
Tell ‘em right now
C
Tell ‘em right now
G C
Yeah, tell ‘em right now……
♫ Solo:
G C Em C
♫ Bridge:
G
Do it for your family
G
Do it for your friends
Em C
And do it as fast as you can man
C
Do it for yourself
C
Your gonna be glad you did
♫ Chorus:
G
Tell ‘em right now
C
Call em right up
G C
And put your pride down………yeah
G
Tell ‘Em Right Now
Call ‘Em Right Up
C
Put Your Pride Down
Show A Little Love
Em
Put It On Paper
Sing It In A Song
C
Cause One Day They’re Here And The Next They’re Gone
G
It could be I love you
It could be I miss you
C
It could be I’m sorry for the way that I did you
Em C
Don’t wait till your standing at their grave just wishin’ you could tell them how you feel somehow
Em C
Yeah, don’t be a too tough standing with your guard up tears Fallin down to the ground
G
Tell ‘em right now
C
You’re gonna be glad you did
G C
Tell ‘em right now
Song History
Published: April 18, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025