The Waterboys – It Should Have Been You (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am D Bm Em C Am D Bm Em C Am [Verse]
                       D
Can I believe my ears?

D
Is this'a really you?

Am
Pacing the floor with one eye on the door, huh

D
Watching the winners go to

                Am
Why do you hang back now?

                   D
Why d'you hesitate?

                      Am
You know, fires don't burn

           D
For he who waits
[Chorus]
                  Bm
Out of all of the people

            Em
That I ever knew

                   C
If one should have made it

                    Am
It should have been you

                    D
It should have been you

                    Bm
It should have been you

                    Em    C
It should have been you
[Verse]
        Am
Well, I know who I'm looking for

      D
But I don't believe my eyes

    Am
The sight of you with your head hung low

    D
Is a sick, sad surprise

                     Am
Now, why do you hang back now?

               D
Why d'you hesitate?

             Am
How dare you throw it all away then you tell me

    D
"Oh man, it must be fate"
[Chorus]
                  Bm
Out of all of the people

            Em
That I ever knew

                              C
There had to be one I could believe in

                        Am
And it should have been you

                    D
It should have been you

                    Bm
It should have been you

                    Em
It should have been you

                C
If there had to be one

                          F
Well, it should have been you
[Instrumental] F Em C Am F Em C Am D [Verse]
  Am
A gift that dies is a tragic thing

      D
And it happens all the time

      Am                                        D
But a gift that's wasted, thrown to hell is the

D
Worst of stupid crimes

               Am
I saw you hang back now

                  D
I watched you hesitate

         Am
You're a well respected man, but bullshit

                  D
You could've been great
[Chorus]
               Bm
Out of all the people

       Em
I ever knew

                       C
There should have been one

                        Am
And it should have been you

                    D
It should have been you

                    Bm
It should have been you

                    Em
It should have been you
[Chorus]
                           C
Well, I spent my whole life looking

                 Am
For someone like you

                    D
It should have been you

                    Bm
It should have been you

                   Em
It should have been you

                 C
If there had to be one

                          Am
Well, it should have been you
[Outro] Am D Bm Em C Am D Bm Em C