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If You Don't Know Me By Now (Complete)

by Simply Red · posted by Billy_Idle

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If You Don't Know Me By Now

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of Bb) so you can Play Along With Red!



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If You Don't Know Me By Now


If you don't know me by now
-5  -5  -5   -5  -6   7  -6
-3* -3* -3*  -3*  4  -5   5
 
You will never,  never,  never know me    Ohhh
 6*  6*  6* -5* -5* -5* -5* 6*  6* -5*    -5*   6* -5* -5  -5*
 4   4   4  -3* -3* -3* -3* 4   4  -3*     5   -5   5  -3* -4*


All the things    that we've been through
-5   5   -5       -3*   -5   -5   5 -3*  3

You should understand me    like I understand you
 3   -3*   -3* -3* 4   3     3  -3* -5  -5 -5  5

Now, girl I know the difference    between right and wrong
-3* -5 -5 -5 -5   5   -5  -3*       3  -3*  -5   -5  5 -3* 3 -3*

I ain't gonna do nothing    to break up our happy home
3 -3* -3* -3* -3*  4  3      3  -3*  -3* -3* -5 -5  5

Oh, I don't get so excited     I come home a little late at night
6*  6* 6*  -5* 6* -5* 6* -5*   6* 6*   6*  6* 6* 6*  6* -5*  -5*
 
Cause we only act like children    When we argue fuss and fight!
  4* -3* 4* -3* 4*  4*  -5* -3*    -6   -5 -6 -5  -6  -5    7


If you don't know me by now     If you don't know me
-5  -5  -5   -5  -6   7  -6     -7*  7   7   -6   7
-3* -3* -3*  -3*  4  -5   5
 
You will never,  never,  never know me    Ohhh
 6*  6*  6* -5* -5* -5* -5* 6*  6* -5*    -5*   6* -5* -5  -5*
 4   4   4  -3* -3* -3* -3* 4   4  -3*     5   -5   5  -3* -4*

If you don't know me by now
-5  -5  -5   -5  -6   7  -6
-3* -3* -3*  -3*  4  -5   5
 
You will never,  never,  never know me    Ohhh
 6*  6*  6* -5* -5* -5* -5* 6*  6* -5*    -5*   6* -5* -5  -5*
 4   4   4  -3* -3* -3* -3* 4   4  -3*     5   -5   5  -3* -4*


We all got    our own funny moods
-5  5  -5     -3* -5  -5 -5  5 -3* 3 -3*

I got mine    woman you've got yours too
3  -3* 4 3    -5 -5  -5    -5   -5  -5  5

Just trust in me    like I trust in you
-5    -5   5  -5    -3* -3* -5  -5  5 -3* 3 -3*

As long as we've been together    it should be so easy to do
3  -3* -3*  -3*  -3*  -3* 4  3     3  -3*  -3* -3* -5 5 -3* 4

Just get yourself together    or we might as well say goodbye
  6*  6* -5*  6* -5* 6* -5*   6* 6*  -7*  7*  6*  6*  6* -5* -3*

What good is a love affair    when you can't see eye to eye!
 6*   6*  6* 6* 6*  -5* 6*     -6   -5   -6  -5  -6  -5  7


If you don't know me by now     If you don't know me
-5  -5  -5   -5  -6   7  -6     -7*  7   7   -6   7
-3* -3* -3*  -3*  4  -5   5

You will never,  never,  never know me    Ohhh
 6*  6*  6* -5* -5* -5* -5* 6*  6* -5*    -5*   6* -5* -5  -5*
 4   4   4  -3* -3* -3* -3* 4   4  -3*     5   -5   5  -3* -4*

(You'll  never, never, never, never, never know me)
  -7*    -7* 7   7 -6  -6 -5* -5* -5 -5 5   5  -3*

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