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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: It Ain't Over Yet
By:   Rodney Crowell with Rosanna Cash and John Paul White

{Rodney plays the song with a capo on fret 2 chords and uses chords D A G A and D Bm G A for the chorus and bridge}

[intro:]   E  B  A  B  

[verse: 1]
E
It’s like I’m sitting at a bus stop  
               B        
waiting for a train
               A
Exactly how I got here  
    B
is hard to explain
    E
My heart’s in the right place 
        B
what’s left of it I guess
    A
My heart ain’t the problem   
         B
it’s my mind that’s a total mess

[verse: 2]
            E
With these rickety old legs    
           B
and these watery eyes
      A
It’s hard to believe    
     B
that I could pass for anybody’s prize
     E
And here’s what I know about   
     B
the gifts that God gave
     A
You can’t take em with you   
         B
when you go to the grave
 
[chorus:]    {John Paul White}
          E             C#m
It’ aint over yet ask someone who ought to know 
            A                  B                   
not so very long ago we were both hung out to dry
          E               C#m
It’ aint over yet you can mark my words  
       A                                          B              
Don't care what you think you heard we’re still learning how to fly 
          E           E
It’ aint over yet
 
[verse: 3]
     E
For fools like me   
          B
who were built for the chase
              A
It takes the right kind of woman  
    B
to help you put it all in place
    E
It only happened once in my life     
    B
but man you should have seen
     A
Her hair two shades of fox tail red    
     B
her eyes some far out sea blue green

[verse: 4]
       E
I got caught up making a name for myself   
      B
you know what that’s about
     A
One day your ship comes rolling in    
     B
the next day it just rolls back out
               E
And you can’t take for granted  
  B
none of this shit
       A
The higher up you fly boys    
      B
the harder it is you’re gonna get hit

 
[chorus:]   {John Paul White}
          E                  C#m
It’ aint over yet  I’ll say this about that 
         A                             B          
you can get up off the mat or you can lay there til you die
          E                  C#m
It’ aint over yet here’s the truth my friend 
           A                 B                  
you can’t pack it in and we both know why  
          E          E   
It’ aint over yet
 
[bridge:]   {Rosanna Cash}
C#m                     A
   Silly boys blind to     get there first think of 
E                   B
  second chances as some kind of curse
      C#m                     A
I’ve known you for ever and ever it’s true
         E                   B
If you came by it easy you wouldn’t be you
         C#m                A                E              E 
 Make me laugh you make me cry you make me forget myself
 
[verse: 5]
           E
Back when down on my luck    
 B
kept me up for days 
          A
You were there with the right words   
    B
to help me cralw out of the maze 
          E
When I’d almost convinced myself   
        B
I was hipper than thou
      A
You stepped up with a warning shot    
 B
fired sweet and low across the bow

[verse: 6]
         E
And you don’t walk on water   
           B
and your sarcasm stings 
         A
But the way you move through this old world     
      B
sure makes a case of angel wings
           E
And I was half way to the bottom   
           B
when you threw me that line
          A
And I’ll quote you now verbatim   
          B
Get your head out of your own behind


[chorus:]   {all together}
          E                  C#m
It’ aint over yet  what you wanna bet 
            A                   B             
one more cigarette aint gonna send you to the grave
                    {Rosanne}
          E                    C#m  
It’ aint over yet  I seen your new girlfriend 
                   A                     B             
Thinks you’re the living end big old sparkle in her eye  
          E           
It’ aint over yet

[coda:]      {harmonica}
        4 x [ E  B  A  B  ]
              E  {finish}




chords:

A       002220
B       224442
C#m     446654
E       022100