Wanda Jackson

Heartbreak Ahead

Wanda Jackson


Tom: C

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A gypsy fortune teller in a gay market place

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Saw in her crystal ball a young girls stricken face

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Saw in clouds another woman and a man who were wed

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She said turn back my childhood there's heartbreak ahead


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Heartbreak ahead the roadway is dark

                               C
You're paying for what started out as a lie

                                                G7
Your young dreams are broken your heart is like lead

                                        C
You can't run away from this heartbreak ahead


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The girl cried oh kind gypsy you have opened my heart

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I love him he loves me we can't bear to part

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I tried to give him up when I found he was wed

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There's nothing for me now but heartbreak ahead


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The gypsy said my child you give up shame and disgrace

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Give him up or the world will soon laugh in your face

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You can't break up a home of a man who is wed

        G7                                 C
Without causing more sorrow and heartbreak ahead


                                    G7
Heartbreak ahead and you're both to blame

                                    C
But it's not too late child to turn back from shame

                                       G7
But love without honor is love that is dead

                                        C
And time will soon heal your heartbreak ahead