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I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby

The Louvin Brothers

Written by Autry Inman

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

C                               G7
Last night my dear the rain was falling
F                        G7
I went to bed so sad and blue
C
Then I had a dream of you
G7
I dreamed I was strolling in the evening
F                      G7
Underneath the harvest moon
C
I was thinking about you
G7
Then we met out in the moonlight
F                              G7
The stars were shining in your eyes
C
But another was there too

Verse 2

G7
I don't believe you've met my baby
F                               G7
You looked at her you looked at me
C
I wondered who you were talking to
G7
I shook the hand of your stranger
F                      G7
But I was shaking more inside
C
I was still wondering who

Verse 3

G7
Your arm was resting on her shoulder
F                               G7
You smiled at her she smiled at you
C
Her eyes were filled with victory
G7
She said My brother wants to marry
F                                 G7
And then my heart was filled with ease
C
I knew that you would marry me