BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Jim Webb Glen Campbell
Dm7 CM7
By^the | time ee e^I^get^to | Phoe^nix xx xx she'll^be | ris^ing gg gg gg |
Dm7 CM7
| / / / ~ ^She'll | find d^my (note I left) | hang^ing gg gg on^her | door rr rr rr | / / / / |
F G7 Em7
| / ~ ^She'll laugh (h^when^she) | reads^the (pa^r^t) t^that^says^I'm | leav ing gg / |
Am7 Dm7 Bb
| / / / Cause^I've | left t^that girl ll | ~ so^ma^ny times s^be | fore ee ee ee |
Dm7 CM7
| / / / By^the | time ee e^I (make^Al^bu) | quer que ee ee she'll^be | work^ing gg gg gg |
Dm7 CM7
| / / / ~ ^She'll | (pro^ba^bly) stop^at lunch hh | hh and (give me a) | call ll ll ll | / / / / |
F G7 Em7
| / ~ ^But she'll^just^hear^that | (ph^on^e) ee ee keep^on | ring^ing gg gg / |
Am7 Dm7 Bb
| / / / Off^the | wall ll ll / | / / / that's | all ll ll ll |
Dm7 CM7
| / / / By^the | time ee e^I (make^Ok^la) | ho^ma aa aa she'll^be | sleep^ing gg gg gg |
Dm7 CM7
| / / / ~ ^She'll | turn nn soft^ly yy | / ~ ^and call^my^name^out | low ww ww ww | / / / / |
F G7 Em7
| / ~ She'll cry (y^just^to) | (th^i^nk) kk k^I'd^real^ly | leave^her rr rr / |
Am7 Dm7 G7 CM7 FM7
| / / / Tho' | time e^and time ee | ee e^Ive tried^to^tell^her | so oo oo oo | oo oo oo She |
Dm7 E7 A G6
| just (t^did^nt) know ww | ww ww I^would^real^ly | go oo oo oo | oo oo oo oo |
A
| oo oo oo oo | oo oo oo / ||
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By The Time I Get To Phoenix is performed by Glen Campbell and written by Jim Webb.
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