Told You Once In August Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Bm][Em]

[Verse 1]
I [Em]told you once in August
Told you once in May
Told you once in August
I told you once in [B]May[Bm][Esus4][Em]
Well, don't say I never warned you now,
child
Don't you [D]say [A]you got no
say
[Em][B][Em][D][Em]

[Verse 2]
I been working hard for you, baby
I swing a hammer [D]all [Em]day long
I'm working hard for you, baby
I swing a hammer all day [A]long[Em]
Then I get home in the even[A]ing now,
[Em]child

[Interlude 1]
I find you do me wrong
[Em][D][A]
[Esus4][Em][F#m][A][D][Em]

[Verse 3]
When ya [Em]come home after
[A]midnight[Em][A][Em]
Ya got his whisky on your [A]kiss[Em]
Oh, when ya come home after midnight,
[A]bab[Em]y
Ya got his whisky [A]on your [Em]kiss
(whisky on your kiss)
Can't get enough of cheatin' now, baby

[Interlude 2]
I had enough of this
[Em][D][Em][A][E][Em]

[Verse 4]
Well, I [Em]told you once in [A]August[Em]
I told you once in May [F#m](told you
[A]once [D]in [Em]May)
Well, I told you once in August
[A]I t[Bm]old you once in M[Em]ay
Well don't say I didn't warn [A]you [Em]now,
child

[Verse 5]
Don't you say you got no say
[Em]
I saw you come down [D]from [Em]the mountain
[D]Wit[A]h m[Em]oonlight o[E]n[Em]
your [F#m]back[D][Em]
I saw you come down from the mountain,
baby

[Verse 6]
Moonlight on your back
[Em]
I saw you breaking my heart now,
[A]baby, [Em]now yeah

[Interlude 3]
Dealing another Jack
[Em][D][Em][D][A][Em]

[Verse 7]
Now I [Em]wish you weren't so lovely, baby
I wish I didn't feel this

[Interlude 4]
pain
[Em][A][Em][A][Em]

[Verse 8]
Wow, I [Em]wish you weren't so lovely,
[D]baby[Em][E]
[Em]Wish I didn't feel this pain
[D][Em]

[Verse 9]
I wish I never heard you singing, little girl

[Interlude 5]
In the summer rain
[Em][D][Em][F#][Em][A][Esus4][Em]
[D][Em]
[Esus4][Em][A][Em][A][Em]
[D][Em][Bm][D][Em][Bm][Em]

[Verse 10]
The day I [Em]met you in the ocean, [A]baby
I [Em]looked up to the sky

[Verse 11]
[Em]The [D]day [Em]I met you
in the ocean now, baby
I looked up to the sky
[Em]

[Verse 12]
Well, I'm still looking up there, baby
Looking up and wonderin' why
[D][Em]

[Verse 13]
Well, I'm still looking up there now,
[Em]baby
Looking up and wonderin'
[Em]why
Wondering why, baby