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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: January 7, 2006
Album:
Written by:
Note: n.c. means play no chord
IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN Darryl Worley
Intro chords C#m A C#m A A E listen to recording for timing
(E) G#m
Buddy you and me go way back
A E B7
Camp Lejeune, all through high school and be-fore that
B7 E
So I don't mind telling you I'm scared to death
B7 E
The doctor is going in on the twenty-fifth
C#m
It's the same thing my daddy had
A B7
Thank God they caught it fast
n.c. E
But if something should happen
E
Stop in some time and say hello to Catherine
E B7 A
You and Marianne could always keep her laugh-ing
A B7
cause she's gonna need a lot of that
B7 E
Take her out to a movie
E
It's gonna take some time before shes back on her feet
E B7 A
I know you think that I'll be fine and I'm talkin craz-y
A B7 A
But there's always that chance That's why I'm askin
LICK B7
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C#m A E
If something should happen
E G#m
Little Nathan is growing up so fast
A E
This November he'll turn 10
B7
He wants to play quarterback.
B7 E lick 1 (see bottom)
I'm supposed to coach his team this fall
B7 E
But I may not get to afterall
B C#m lick 2 (see bottom)
He's gonna need someone to catch a pass
A B7
And to throw it back
E
If something should happen
E
Oh promise me you'll take that boy out camping
E B7 A
Throw a line out in the water every now and then
A B7
Answer any questions that he has
E
Maybe once he gets older
E
You can sit and have that first cold beer together
E B7 A
And tell him a couple stories on his fath-er
A B7
He's always known your my best friend
A
That's why I'm askin
LICK B7
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A6 (A6=xx2222) x=don'tplay
If something should happen
B C#m
I hope I live until I'm eighty
B C#m B
And I get to see my son get married And have babies
A E A
And make a million more memories with my wife.
B7
Yeah buddy I pray you're right But if it's my time to leave
B7 B
Could you watch over them for me?
C#m A C#m A C#m A
If something should happen
(The following ending is vamping on E and A, chords are placed approximately
listen to recording for exact timing :])
E A E A
If something should happen mmh mmh mmh mmh mmh mmh mmh
E A E A
If somthing should happen mmh mmh mmh mmh mmh mmh mmh
E A E A E A E A E A E A
If somthing should hap-pen
listen to recording for timing
LICK 1
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LICK 2
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