The World I Used To Know:Jimmy Rodgers.
#9 on AC and #51 on BB Hot 100 on DOT
Records in 1964.
INTRO:
G D Gb Bm Em A
(The world I used to know.)
#1.
D A D Em A
Some day some old familiar rain........
D Em
will come along and know my name.
A D A Am7 B
And then my shelter will be gone........
Em A D
and I'll have to move along.
Gbm Em D Bm Em
But til I do I'll stay awhile....and track
A D A D
the hidden country of your smile.
#2.
D Em A D
Some day the man I used to be.....will come
Em A
along and call on me.
Em A Am7 F B Em
And then because I'm just a man..........you'll
A D
find my feet are made of sand.
Gbm Em D
But till that time I'll tell you lies
Bm Em A
and chart the hidden boundaries of your
D ................Bb
eyes.
#3.
Eb Cm Fm Eb
Some day the world I used to know.....will come
Cm Bb Fm Bb
along and bid me go.
Fm Bb C Fm
Then I'll be leaving you behind, for love is
Bb Eb
just a state of mind.
Cm Gm Fm Eb Cm Fm
But til that day, I'll be your man.....and love away
Bb Eb
your troubles, if I can.
OUTRO:
Cm Gm Fm Eb Cm Fm
But til that day, I'll be your man.....and love away
Bb Eb
your troubles, if I can..(Pause)
Bbm Ab Fm Eb
In the world I used to know.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.