Dont Go

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste I find that this song sounds best when you fingerpick the intro/verses and strum the chorus/bridge [Intro] C F Am G F [Verse 1] C F I said, I sure had a real nice time tonight Am G F This was my first New Year’s dance C F You were beautiful and the band was alright Am G F G Shame about your curfew, would’ve liked to've had the chance Am F Just to kiss you into 1941 C F G Then you kissed me, whispering as time and I stood stunned [Chorus] C Am F Don’t go, don’t go, don’t go G C Am I know, I know, I know you gotta get F C F Am G F But don’t go just yet [Verse 2] C F You said I sure had a real nice time last night Am G F The wedding flowers strewn ‘round the room C F I knew that marrying you meant America too Am G F G But Uncle Sam sure does plan one crummy honeymoon Am F Then boom went the bandstand and the warships on the pier C F G As you burrowed in my peacoat and you choked beneath their cheers [Chorus] C Am F Don’t go, don’t go, don’t go G C Am I know, I know, I know you gotta get F C C C C C C C But don’t go just yet [Bridge] G F Am F C Looking back at fifty years now since that kiss at your door G F Am C At those giddy newlyweds, through the weeping and war C F C At every monumental moment, at all the best of my life F C From your doorstep I had known it F G You were the rest of my life [Solo] C F Am G F C F Am G F C [Verse 3] C F I sure had a real nice time tonight Am G F Reliving old New Years with you C F Hardly noticed the nurses and these damned machines Am G F G All these supposed experts don’t know you like I do Am F They don’t know that young girl stubborn as the statue of a mule Am F G They know nothing of my woman in the whirlwind keeping cool C We both know what’s coming’s coming F G Honey, humor an old fool [Chorus] C Am F Don’t go, don’t go, don’t go G C Am I know, I know, I know you gotta get F But don’t go G Don’t go C Just yet C F Am G C