Damned If I Do Damned If I Don't chords by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don’t - Sarah Shook and the Disarmers


Verse 1:
E
I didn't mean to stay out all night drinkin'
E                      B
I didn't mean to stay out 'til the break of day
     E
I didn't mean to stay out 'til the goddamn cows came home
E             B       E
Please believe me, it just happened this way
         B          E
Oh darlin' please believe me, it just happened this way

Chorus:
E                A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E                  E7
I'll be damned when I try to find my own way back home
A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E
I'll be standin' at your window, I'll be cryin' at your door
B           A           E
Oh baby, it's gettin' bright outside, let me in

Verse 2:
E
I wasn't fixin' to stay 'til closin' time
E                     B
I hadn't planned on runnin' into that moonshine
E
I tried to get me home by eight, but I was ten hours too late
E          B        E
Believe me, it just happened this way
         B          E
Oh darlin' please believe me, it just happened this way

Chorus:
E                A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E                  E7
I'll be damned when I try to find my own way back home
A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E
I'll be standin' at your window, I'll be cryin' at your door
B           A           E
Oh baby, it's gettin' light outside, let me in

Solo:

E
There was no plate of dinner in the oven
E                 B
So I know I ain't about to get no lovin’
E
I didn't mean to stay out 'til the goddamn cows came home
E             B       E
Please believe me, it just happened this way
         B          E
Oh darlin' please believe me, it just happened this way

Chorus:
N.C.
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
                   E7
I'll be damned when I try to find my own way back home
A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E
I'll be standin' at your window, I'll be cryin' at your door
B           A           E
Oh baby, it's gettin' light outside, let me in

Solo:

Chorus:
E                A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E                  E7
I'll be damned when I try to find my own way back home
A
I'll be damned if I do, I'll be damned if I don't
E
I'll be standin' at your window, I'll be cryin' at your door
B           A          E
Oh baby, it's gettin' light outside, let me in

B           A          E
Oh baby, it's gettin' light outside, let me in