When I Said I Do
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When I Said I Do (Clint Black and his lovely wife Lisa Hartman Black)
Clint Black (D'lectrified)
By: Clint Black Transcribed by: Paul Stranieri (Thanks Clint
and Lisa!)
Key of Bb (Capo 6th fret if you wish)
Verse 1
Bb F
These times are troubled and these times are good
Eb
And they're always gonna be, they rise and they fall
Bb F
We take 'em all the way that we should
Eb
Together you and me forsaking them all
Gm F
Deep in the night and by the light of day
Eb
It always looks the same, true love always does
Bb F
And here by your side, or a million miles away
Eb
Nothin's ever gonna change the way that I feel,
Bb
The way it is, is the way that it was
Chorus
Bb F Cm Eb Bb
When I said I do, I meant that I will 'til the end of all time
F Ab
Be faithful and true, devoted to you
Eb Bb F Eb
That's what I had in mind when I said "I do"
Verse 2
Bb F
Well this old world keeps changin', and the world stays the same
Eb
For all who came before, and it goes hand and hand
Bb F
Only you and I can undo all that we became
Eb
That makes us so much more, than a woman and a man
Gm F
And after everything that comes and goes around
Eb
Has only passed us by, here alone in our dreams
Bb F
I know there's a lonely heart in every lost and found
Eb
But forever you and I will be the ones
Bb
Who found out what forever means
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Bb D Gm C7
Truer than true, you know that I'll always be there for you
Eb Ebm
(Clint) That's what I had in mind, (Lisa) that's what I had in mind,
Bb Eb Ebm Bb
(Clint and Lisa {how sweet}) When I said "I do"
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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