Heard It In A Love Song
The Marshall Tucker Band (Toy Caldwell, 1977)
4 beat strum of choice. Here are a couple of ideas:
4/4 | D - D u - u d u | or 4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [D] | [D] | [A] | [A] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [A] | [A] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D]
I ain't | [D] never been with a | woman long enough |
| [F#m] . For my boots to get | old |
| [G] . We've been to- | gether so long now they | [D] both need re- | soled |
| [D] . If I ever | settle down | [F#m] you'd be my | kind
And it's a | [G] good time for me to | [A] head on down the | [D] line | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G] |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong. | [A] | [G] | [D] |
| [D] . I'm the kinda | man... | [F#m] likes to get a- | way
| [G] Like to start | dreamin about to- | [D] morrow to- | day.
| [D] . Never said that I | loved you... e- | [F#m] ven though it's | so
Where's that | [G] duffle bag of | [A] mine? It's time to | [D] go | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G]
| [G] .. Heard it in a [D] lo- | [A] ove | [G] song
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong. | [A] | [G] | [D] |
Instrumental Verse (2x)
| [D] | [D] | [F#m] | [F#m] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [F#m] | [F#m] |
| [G] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
Instrumental Chorus
| [D] [A] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [D] [A] | [G] | [G] |
| [D] [A] | [G!] |
| [D] . I'm gonna be | leavin' | [F#m] at the break of | dawn |
| [G] . Wish you could | come but I don't need no | [D] woman taggin' a- | long |
| [D] . So I'll sneak out that | door couldn't | [F#m] stand to see you | cry
I'd stay a- | [G] nother year if I saw a | [A] tear drop in your | [D] eye | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G] |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong. | [A] | [G] | [D] |
| [D] . I never had a damn | thing but what I had | [F#m] . I had to leave it be- | hind |
| [G] . You're the hardest | thing I ever tri- | [D] ied to get off my | mind |
| [D] . Always something | greener on the | [F#m] other side of that | hill
I was born a | [G] wrangler and a rounder and I | [A] guess I always | [D] will | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G] |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong | [D] | [A] | [A] | [G] | [G] | [D] | [D!]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 11/21/22 JJ
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The Marshall Tucker Band (Toy Caldwell, 1977)
4 beat strum of choice. Here are a couple of ideas:
4/4 | D - D u - u d u | or 4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [D] | [D] | [A] | [A] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [A] | [A] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D]
I ain't | [D] never been with a | woman long enough |
| [F#m] . For my boots to get | old |
| [G] . We've been to- | gether so long now they | [D] both need re- | soled |
| [D] . If I ever | settle down | [F#m] you'd be my | kind
And it's a | [G] good time for me to | [A] head on down the | [D] line | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G] |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong. | [A] | [G] | [D] |
| [D] . I'm the kinda | man... | [F#m] likes to get a- | way
| [G] Like to start | dreamin about to- | [D] morrow to- | day.
| [D] . Never said that I | loved you... e- | [F#m] ven though it's | so
Where's that | [G] duffle bag of | [A] mine? It's time to | [D] go | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G]
| [G] .. Heard it in a [D] lo- | [A] ove | [G] song
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong. | [A] | [G] | [D] |
Instrumental Verse (2x)
| [D] | [D] | [F#m] | [F#m] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [F#m] | [F#m] |
| [G] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
Instrumental Chorus
| [D] [A] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [D] [A] | [G] | [G] |
| [D] [A] | [G!] |
| [D] . I'm gonna be | leavin' | [F#m] at the break of | dawn |
| [G] . Wish you could | come but I don't need no | [D] woman taggin' a- | long |
| [D] . So I'll sneak out that | door couldn't | [F#m] stand to see you | cry
I'd stay a- | [G] nother year if I saw a | [A] tear drop in your | [D] eye | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G] |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong. | [A] | [G] | [D] |
| [D] . I never had a damn | thing but what I had | [F#m] . I had to leave it be- | hind |
| [G] . You're the hardest | thing I ever tri- | [D] ied to get off my | mind |
| [D] . Always something | greener on the | [F#m] other side of that | hill
I was born a | [G] wrangler and a rounder and I | [A] guess I always | [D] will | [D]
Chorus
Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song | [G] |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G] song |
| [G] .. Heard it in a | [D] lo- [A] ove | [G!] song |
| .. Can't be | [D] wrong | [D] | [A] | [A] | [G] | [G] | [D] | [D!]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 11/21/22 JJ
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