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Date: 9/23/97; 9:32:48 PM
From: Arnoldkg@aol.com
Subject: If I Hadn't Met You - Kathy Mattea

If I Hadn't Met You
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Written by Randy Goodrum
Performed by Kathy Mattea on "From My Heart"
Submitted by Ken Arnold

Intro:   /C.../C.../Am.../Am.../Dm.../Dm.../F.G./F.G./

C                   Em
    If I hadn't met you
    F                 G              Em               Am
I'd still be thinkin' love is just a word some people use
     F                   G      Em     Asus2  Am  F  Dm
when tryin' to teach the golden rule
     G          C
If I hadn't met you
                             Em
And if I hadn't touched your hand
    F                  G            Em            Am
I'd still believe that paradise was way beyond my reach
        F                G                Em    Asus2  Am  F  Dm
And I'd still believe it wasn't meant for me
     G                   C   F  C
If I hadn't touched your hand

G
   Now these words and music
F
   Can sure be confusin'
        C             Dm
So I'll try to put it simply
   F            G
so you can understand
  C
I love you.

Interlude:   C     Em    F    G    Em    Am
             F     G     Em   Asus2  Am  F  Dm  G

C                        Em
    And if I hadn't lost you
    F                  G                   Em          Am
I'd still believe that tears were just for sentimental fools
      F                G             Em    Asus2  Am  F  Dm
and I wouldn't be here starin' at my shoes
     G           C    C    Am    Am
If I hadn't lost you.
      F                   G              Em                Am
And I might have lived my life and never shared one single dream
           F            G                 Em    Asus2  Am  F  Dm
I wouldn't realize that dreams are simply clues
     G          C    C    Am    Am    C
If I hadn't met you

   Asus2
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