James Taylor – Ive Got To Stop Thinkin Bout That (Guitar)

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[Intro]: E, A, B x4 [Verse 1]:
B         F#              B       F#
 I like to think about the time I met you,

B                F#             B        F# 
Living with your people down in New Orleans.

B            F#               B      F#
 Mad at your mama cause she'd never let you,

B          F#    B
Ride in no nasty limousine.
[Pre-Chorus]:
E                           G#m
Later on the levee with the moon up above, 

E                     F#
  I lost my heart and confessed my love,
[Chorus]:
E                  B                    F#                         B
Oh now Lucy, said, God have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that, somehow.
[Break]:
E, A, B                 E     A   B
        Does me no damn good.
E, A, B E, A, B [Verse 2]:
B           F#         B        F#
 One Summer night in a field of wheat, 

B            F#               B       F#
 God's sweet lanterns hanging in the sky.

B       F#            B      F#
 Moving light on your tiny feet,

  B             F#                B 
I knew I had to love you till the day I die.
[Pre-Chorus]:
E                 G#m
They talk about Amazing Grace,

E                           F#
  it meant something when I saw your face.
[Chorus]:
E                  B                    F#                         B
Oh now Lucy, said, God have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that

E   B            F#                       B
Oh, Lucy said, I can't stop thinkin' bout you.
[Bridge]:
           Eb
I think of all the little things that I never told you, 

B
  I think I may get to hold you someday.

Eb 
 It's my brain just like a man possessed, 

        E                      F#
I can't do me no work, I can't get me no rest,
[Break]:
        E             A     B
I can't understand it baby.
E, A, B x3 [Verse 3]:
B              F#              B       F#
 Don't like to think about the way it ended,

B         F#            B             F# 
 I hate remembering the things that I said.

B          F#       B         F#
 I dream a dream of love so splendid,

B          F#         B 
 I wake up hard in an empty bed.
[Pre-Chorus]:
E                  G#m
I wonder who'll be loving you next, 

E                  F#
 Some fool will be writing bad checks.
[Chorus]:
E                  B                    F#                         B
Oh now Lucy, said, God have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout you

E             B                     F#                         B
Somehow baby, Lord have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that
[Outro]: E, A, B