I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay

I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You

View chords used in this chart
4 beats per chord
` = 2 beats
tuning C G C F G C (transposed DADGAD)
 
INTRO:
 
C5 C5 C5 Fadd2
I drink good
 
VERSE-A:
 
Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2
Coffee every morning comes from a
 
Cmaj7 `C `C5 Fadd2
Place that's far away when I'm
 
Cmaj7 `Dsus4 `Dsus2/4 Am7(b6)
Done I feel like talking
 
Fadd2 Cmaj7
Without you here there is less
 
C5 C5 Fadd2
To say I don't want you
 
VERSE-B:
 
Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2
Thinking I'm unhappy what is
 
Cmaj7 `C `C5 Fadd2
Closer to the truth that if I
 
Cmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7
Lived till I was a hundred and two
 
Fadd2 Cmaj7
I just don't think I'll ever get o-
 
C5 C5 Fadd2
ver you I'm no longer
 
VERSE-B:
 
Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2
Moved to drink strong whisky I shook the
 
Cmaj7 `C `C5 Fadd2
Hand of time and I knew that if I
 
Cmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7
Lived till I could no longer climb my stairs
 
Fadd2 Cmaj7
I just don't think I'll ever get o-
 
C5
ver you
 
SOLO:
 
C `Dm(11) `Am7(b6) Fsus2
 
Gsus4 Gsus4
 
`Am7 `Em(11) `Fadd2 `C5
 
`Fadd2 `Cmaj7 `C6 `C5
 
C Fadd2
Y'face it
 
VERSE-A:
 
Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2
Dances and it haunts me your laughter still
 
Cmaj7 `C `C5 Fadd2
Ringing in my ears I still find
 
Cmaj7 `Dsus4 `Dsus2/4 Am7(b6)
Pieces of your presence here
 
Fadd2 Cmaj7
Even even after all
 
C5 C5 Fadd2
These years I don't want you
 
VERSE-B:
 
Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2
Thinking that I don't get asked to dinner 'cos I'm here
 
Cmaj7 C C5 Fadd2
To say that I some-times do even
(extra bar)
 
Cmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7
Though I may soon feel the touch of love
 
Fadd2 Cmaj7
I just don't think I'll ever get o-
 
C5 C5 Fadd2
ver you if I
 
TAG:
 
Cmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7
Lived till I was a hundred and two
 
Fadd2 Cmaj7
I just don't think I'll ever get
 
C5 C5
Over you
 
CODA: (11 bars of melody)
 
C5
 
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CHORDS:
 
C5 Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2 C Dsus4 Dsus2/4 Am7(b6) Am7
C|--0-----0------0------0----0----2-------2-------0-------0--|
G|--0-----0------0------0----0----2-------2-------0-------0--|
F|--2-----6------2------4----2----2-------2-------0-------4--|
C|--0-----0------2------0----4----2-------4-------4-------4--|
G|--0-----0------0------0----0----2-------2-------2-------2--|
C|--0-----0------0------5----0----2-------2------------------|
 
Additional chords in the SOLO:
 
Dm(11) Fsus2 Gsus4 Em(11) C6
C|-----------0------0------------0--|
G|---0-------0------0-----2------0--|
F|---0-------0------2-----2------4--|
C|---2-------0------2-----4------0--|
G|---2-------0------0-----4------0--|
C|---2-------5-------------------0--|
 
CHORDS: (standard tuning)
 
C5 Cmaj7 Csus2 Fadd2 C Dsus4 Dsus2/4 Am7(b6) Am7
E|--3-----3------3------3----0----3------0--------0-------0--|
B|--1-----0------1------1----1----3------3--------1-------1--|
G|--0-----0------0------2----0----0------0--------0-------0--|
D|--------2------0------3----2----0------0--------3-------2--|
A|--3-----3------3-----------3----0------0--------0-------0--|
E|----------------------1------------------------------------|
 
Additional chords in the SOLO:
 
Dm(11) Fsus2 Gsus4 Em C6
E|---3-------3------3----0----0--|
B|---3-------1------1----0----1--|
G|---2-------0------0----0----2--|
D|---3-------3------0----2----2--|
A|-----------------------2----3--|
E|-----------1------3----0-------|

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.

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