If That's The Way You Feel

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Carter Stanley and Ralph Stanley

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                     F               C
I don't blame you for I know you want him
          G7                    C
That your love for me was never real
                     F        C
I could hold you but you'd be unhappy
         G7                            C
But it's alright if that's the way you feel

Verse 2

              F                 C
I know that I will always go on caring
       G7                  C
And my feelings now I must conceal
G7      C        F                   C
I still need you and I want you with me
         G7                            C
But it's alright if that's the way you feel

Verse 3

G7       C            F                 C
I always knew someday that I would lose you
           G7                 C
When those lies about me were revealed
     G7           C              F       C
It's plain to see sweetheart you believe them
         G7                            C
But it's alright if that's the way you feel

Verse 2

              F                 C
I know that I will always go on caring
       G7                  C
And my feelings now I must conceal
G7      C        F                   C
I still need you and I want you with me
         G7                            C
But it's alright if that's the way you feel