Before I Met You

Written by Charles L. Seitz, Joe Lewis, Elmar Rader

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Version 2 of Before I Met You

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Verse 1

C                           F           C
I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time
                          G7
But that was before I met you
C                      F          C
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
             G7           C
But that was before I met you

Verse 2

F                            C
I thought I was swinging the world by the tail
                           G7
I thought I could never be blue
  C
I thought I'd been kissed and
  F                C
I thought I'd been loved
             G7           C
But that was before I met you

Verse 3

                       F         C
I wanted to ramble and always be free
                          G7
But that was before I met you
  C                        F         C
I said that no woman could ever hold me
             G7           C
But that was before I met you

Verse 4

 F                            C
I thought I was swinging the world by the tail
                           G7
I thought I could never be blue
 C
I thought I'd been kissed and
  F                C
I thought I'd been loved
             G7           C
But that was before I met you
Recorded by: Carl Smith (1963), Lester Flatt (1970), Benny Williams (1978), Nashville Grass (1982), The Seldom Scene (1990)
and 5 more, Ricky Skaggs (1996), Earl Scruggs (2002), Charles River Valley Boys (2003), Jim and Jesse (2003), Bill Clifton (2023)

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