Ive Gotta Get A Message To You Chords & Tabs

by Bee Gees

[Content]
I've Gotta Get A Message To You chords
The Bee Gees  1968 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Get_a_Message_to_You
Intro
C  F  C  F
Verse
    Bb                           Cm     
The preacher talked to me and he smiled.
       F                               Bb                 
Said, 'Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
                                  Cm   
Now for once in your life you're alone,
        F                            G                   
but you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone.'
Chorus

          C                      Dm  
I've just gotta get a message to you,
     F  G      C  
hold on,  hold on.
                                  Dm      
One more hour and my life will be through,
     F  G      C  F
hold on,  hold on.
Break
Verse
Bb                   Cm    
I told him I'm in no hurry,
       F                                 Bb                 
but if I broke her heart, then won't you tell her I'm sorry.
                             Cm   
And for once in my life I'm alone,
         F                  
and I've got to let her know
        G                
just in time before I go.
Chorus
          C                      Dm  
I've just gotta get a message to you,
     F  G     C  
hold on, hold on.
                                  Dm      
One more hour and my life will be through,
     F  G      C  F
hold on,  hold on.
Break
Verse

       Bb                      Cm   
Well I laughed but that didn't hurt,
         F                           Bb                
and it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt.
                               Cm   
Now I'm crying but deep down inside,
       F                       G              
well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die.
Chorus
          C                      Dm  
I've just gotta get a message to you,
     F  G     C  
hold on, hold on.
         C                        Dm      
One more hour and my life will be through,
     F  G     C  A
hold on, hold on.
Chorus
 D                   Em         
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
         G       A        D  
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) Hold on.
         D                        Em      
One more hour and my life will be through,
     G  A     D  
hold on, hold on.
Chorus
          D                      Em  
I've just gotta get a message to you,
     G  A     D  
hold on, hold on.
         D                        Em      
One more hour and my life will be through,
     G  A     D  
hold on, hold on.
(repeat and fade)
* Alternate:
Capo III
C  = A
F  = D
Bb = G
Cm   Am
G  = E
Dm = Bm
Em = C#m
A    F#
D  = B
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