It Was I chords by Lindsey Buckingham

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Written by Gary Paxton

Intro:
A E A E A A E E
A E F#m Bm E
A E F#m Bm E
A F#m Bm E D E A
F#m Bm E A D A E

Verse 1:
    A      E      F#m Bm E
You'e telling everybody I'm the one
  A         E          F#m Bm E
To blame for all the wrong that you have done
  A          F#m      Bm       E
The day that you walked out and left, didn't say goodbye
D       E        A
Who was left alone to sit and cry?
    F#m Bm
It was I
    E A D A E
It was I

Verse 2:
 A       E      F#m Bm E
I gave you everything I ever had
  A       E         F#m Bm E
The only things I got from you were bad
  A        F#m     Bm        E
The times you didn't show up, the times you didn't call
D      E       A
Who was left alone with it all?
    F#m Bm
It was I
    E A D A A7
It was I

Bridge:
D              Dm
My love was always yours to treasure and to hold
A            A7
If you let a love go by, it will soon grow cold
D
Temptation is too strong to hide
Dm
Are you really satisfied
A        F#m
With my love the way it is?
Bm        E
Let me tell you how it is

Verse 3:
 A          E      F#m Bm E
Please come back and try to start anew
 A         E        F#m Bm E
I know that it's the proper thing to do
A       F#m
Darling if we make up
Bm         E
I know we'll never break up
D        E      A
Then I know it's only me and you
    F#m Bm
Me and you
    E A D A
Me and you