x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From [email protected] Sun May 4 10:24:36 1997 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 10:01:53 -0700 From: Otto Marten Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: CRD: John Hiatt - I Don't Even Try [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] I Don^Òt Even Try John Hiatt / Riding with the King 1983 1 I thought I had your number 1 There must be some mistake 1 4 1 I dialed 6 3 7 Eleven Eighty-eight 1 1 I got some geezer said his girlfriend's on the town 1 |4 1 | I said I got the wrong number and I slammed the phone down 4 |b7 4 Thot about it for a minute til the anger went away |1 |4 1 | I figure ev'ry dog in town is gonna have his day 4 |b7 4 I could count the teardrops or I could wonder why |1 |4 1 | Well I used to be your lover now I don't even try It was champagne parties and sweet love scenes Now it's warm beer at midnite and girlie magazines I stack the empty cans up like a freshman in school It's the kinda thing you're into when you ain't nobody's fool Got my socks in the oven somethin's growin' in the sink I can't begin a peaceful day without a coupla drinks Ain't had a decent meal since ya made me cry Well I used to be your lover now I don't even try 4 / 5 Memories take a look at what ya done to me 5 4 It's gettin' so all I do is watch T.V. 4 b7 5 Can't even prove that I'm alive I thought I had your number There must be some mistake I dialed 6 3 7 Eleven Eighty-eight I go some geezer said his girlfriend's on the town I said I got the wrong number and I slammed the phone down But I know the number's rite and you're his girl Tho I wouldn't wanna face it for the whole wide world If you don't come back baby, I think I'm gonna die Well I used to be your lover, now I don't even try Well I used to be your lover, now I don't even try Number System: Key Scale Notes (example in key of C) 1=C 2=D 3=E 4=F 5=G 6=A 7=B 9=D ETC. B2=Db #4=F# B7=Bb These hold true for BASS NOTES [ 2-/5 = D-/G ] Duration Notation: | = bar line; within bar lines chords divide measure No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time / = play same as previous chord, beat or measure transcribed by OtMan (Otto Marten) [email protected]