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If I Told You Who It Was Chords by Johnny Cash

If I Told You Who It Was chords by Johnny Cash

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If I Told You Who It Was
Recorded by Johnny Cash, Minnie Pearl
Written by Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman

Tab submitted by: Mykola Poberezhnyi
Email: mykola.poberezhnyi@gmail.com

Intro:
G

Verse 1:
       G                          D
I was down in music city 'bout a week ago
    C                          G
I wanted to see the grand old Opry show
      C                G                      D
So I held a cap and I headed down to Opryland
                G                          D
They said they sold their last ticket the day before
      C                           G
So I kinda just hung around the backstage door
      C                G
And down the steps she came, men oh men
    G                D
My favourite female country star
     C                   G
She waved her fans and headed for her car
      C                G              D
Her tire, unlike her body, was very flat
G                     D
She said, could you change my tire
     C               G
I said your wish is my desire
         C                 G
As she raised the lid, I grabbed her bomber jack
She said I sure do appreciate you're changing my tire
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Chorus:
      G                         D
If I told you who it was, if I told you who it was
       C                  G
You'd say I was making it up
                                       D
You've seen her on the screen and in country magazines
       C                    G
You'd think I was making it up
                            D             C
She said it was our little secret and my gully
           G
I'm gonna keep it
                       D
Anyway you wouldn't believe it
C                     G
If I told you who it was

Verse 2:
G                            D
She said you need a lift and I said well,
C                          G
You can drop me of at the York motel,
C                          G              D
So we headed down Briley parkway in the town
  G                        D
I told her I got all your records ma'am,
     C                   G
She smiled and said well I be damned
     C                               D             G
She said, you're kind of cute fellar, wanna mess around?  Hm!
                                  D
When we got to my room just the people lied
        C                              G
I said sure wish I could've heard you sing tonight
     C                G                       D
She smiled at me and said what do you wanna hear?
        G                   D
Well if I was one of them country music folks
      C                    G
I'll tell you, she'd sure get my vote
C                  D               G
  For the best performance of the year

Chorus:
      G                         D
If I told you who it was, if I told you who it was
       C                  G
You'd say I was making it up
                                       D
You've seen her on the screen and in country magazines
       C                    G
You'd think I was making it up
                            D             C
She said it was our little secret and my gully
           G
I'm gonna keep it
                       D
Anyway you wouldn't believe it
C                     G
If I told you who it was

Bridge:
G
Well I tell you this much
When I put my arms around her and squeezed her real tight
She looked up at me with those big beautiful eyes
Took a deep breath and a sigh and said:
N.C.
"Howdy I'm just so proud to be here!"

Chorus:
      G                         D
If I told you who it was, if I told you who it was
       C                  G
You'd say I was making it up
                                       D
You've seen her on the screen and in country magazines
       C                    G
You'd think I was making it up
                            D             C
She said it was our little secret and my gully
           G
I'm gonna keep it
                       D
Anyway you wouldn't believe it
C                     G

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