Chris Thile

If I Should Wander Back Tonight

Chris Thile


Tom: G

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For many years I've been a rolling stone my darling
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Like a gypsy I have roamed from place to place
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Fortune never came to me how happy I would be
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Just to look again upon your smiling face

                                               
[Chorus]
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Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
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Would your eyes be filled with love's own tender light
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Would your arms be empty dear would you thrill to find me near
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Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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When budding flowers bring their fragrance to the spring time
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I recall the roses crowding 'round the door
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Fancy then I homeward stay as I seem to hear you say
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that you love me as you did in days of yore

[Chorus]
                   G                               C                        
Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
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Would your eyes be filled with love's own tender light
           G                            C
Would your arms be empty dear would you thrill to find me near
          G              D7          G
Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Last night I dreamed that you and I were back together
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I held your hand so gently in my own
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Heard you say we'd never part as I pressed you to my heart
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Then I woke in tears to find myself alone


[Chorus]
                   G                               C                        
Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
           G                                     D7
Would your eyes be filled with love's own tender light
           G                            C
Would your arms be empty dear would you thrill to find me near
          G              D7          G
Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight


[Instrumental]
G   C   G    D7
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[Chorus]
                   G                               C                        
Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
           G                                     D7
Would your eyes be filled with love's own tender light
           G                            C
Would your arms be empty dear would you thrill to find me near
          G              D7          G
Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight
          G              D7          G
Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight