I Forgot To Be Your Lover Chords & Tabs

by William Bell

[Version Description]
From 1969. Link to the version tabbed: https://youtu.be/coNUV0htpPQ.
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 70
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 3, 202, 1, 202, 3, 202]
I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER
As recorded by William Bell
(From the 1969 Album BOUND TO HAPPEN)

[Intro]
D Em C D G Em C G

[Verse 1]
Em           G                         C
Have I told you lately that I love you?
     Am                        Em
If I didn't, darlin', I'm sorry
      G                                       C
Did I reach out and hold you in my loving arms
Am                     
Oh, when you needed me?
      Em                            
Now I realize that you need love too
         G                             Em
And I'll spend my life making up to you

[Refrain]
Em                           
Oh, I forgot to be your lover
C       D                  
And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry

[Verse 2]
Em     G                 Em            G
Have I taken the time to share with you
C               Am                
All the burdens that love'll bare?
Em         G                      Em                G
And have I done the little simple things to show you
C    Am              
Just how much I care?
              Em                             
Oh, I've been workin' for you doin' all I can
    G                                     Em
And work all the time didn't make me a man

[Refrain]
Em                           
Oh, I forgot to be your lover
C       D                                    GEm
And I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you somehow

[Outro]
     C                 D    GEm
Oh I forgot to be your lover
      C                     D  GEm
Gonna make it up to you somehow
C       D                     GEm
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, baby
     C              D    GEm
I forgot to be your lover