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I Had Someone Else Before I Had You

(And I'll Have Someone After You're Gone)

Words by Harry Harris & Joe Darcey, Music by Jack Stanley - 1924

Verse:
C	G9	G7	C
-             Cdim	G7	-	C               G7
C	G9	G7	C
G	D7	-	G7
Chorus:
C	-	-	A7
Dm	G7	C	G7
C	-               Gdim	G             Cm	Em
Am7         Ddim	Am7          D7	G7	-
C7	-	F	-       Fdim    F     A7
D7	-	G7            D7	G7
C	-	-	A7
D7	G7	C	-        (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

It seems to me you seem to be in love with someone else,

And that I know is true, It doesn't make me blue.

You think I'd grieve if you would leave, And scratch me off your list,

But when you're goin', just go knowin', You're never gonna be missed.

 

Chorus:

I had someone else before I had you,
And I'll have someone after you've gone.
A sweetheart or street car don't worry me,
There'll soon be another along.

You needn't stay, Go any day,
I've got a swingin' door in my heart, That swings either way.
I had someone else before I had you,
And I'll have someone after you've gone.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Bob Wills perform "I Had Someone Else Before I Had You" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com