Chords:
{t:Before I Met You [G]}
{key: G}
{artist:Flatt and Scruggs}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4zXv5hjcnI
{c: Thanks to Martin Bunny}
Foster & Allen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDWWLJVFpk
Charlie Pride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr00u93QZFo
[G] That was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
I [G] thought I had seen pretty [C] girls in my [G] time,
That was before I met [D7] you.
I [G] never saw one that I [C] wanted for [G] mine,
That was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{soc}
I [C] thought I was swingin' the [G] world by the tail,
I thought I could never be [D7] blue.
I [G] thought I'd been [G7] kissed and I [C] thought I'd been [G] loved,
But that was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{eoc}
{sos}
I [G] thought I had seen pretty [C] girls in my [G] time,
That was before I met [D7] you.
I [G] never saw one that I [C] wanted for [G] mine,
That was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{eos}
I [G] wanted to ramble and [C] always be [G] free,
That was before I met [D7] you.
I [G] said that no woman could [C] ever hold [G] me,
But that was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{soc}
I [C] thought I was swingin' the [G] world by the tail,
I thought I could never be [D7] blue.
I [G] thought I'd been [G7] kissed and I [C] thought I'd been [G] loved,
But that was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{eoc}
They [G] tell me I must reap just [C] what I have [G] sown,
But Darlin', I hope it's not [D7] true.
For, [G] once, I made plans about [C] livin' [G] alone,
That was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{soc}
I [C] thought I was swingin' the [G] world by the tail,
I thought I could never be [D7] blue.
I [G] thought I'd been [G7] kissed and I [C] thought I'd been [G] loved,
But that was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{eoc}
I [G] thought I'd stay single and [C] always be [G] free,
That was before I met [D7] you.
I [G] said no sweet thing could [C]ever hold [G] me,
That was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{soc}
I [C] thought I was swingin' the [G] world by the tail,
I thought I could never be [D7] blue.
I [G] thought I'd been [G7] kissed and I [C] thought I'd been [G] loved,
But that was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
But that was be-[D7]fore I met [G] you.
{eoc}
The 3rd & 4th verses are from a Flatt & Scruggs 1950’s recording.
