It Could Have Been Me
By: The 5 Blind Boys of Mississippi
Arr. By: Val215
Key D
L H / R H
Intro:
D / F#-A-D
D / A-D-F#
/ A, G, F#, E, D
G / G-A-B-D
G / G-A-B-D
D / A-D-F#
F#, E, D /
B / B-D-F#
B / B-D-F#
E / G-B-D
/ D
A / G-A-B-D
A / G-A-B-D
D / F#-A-D
F#, G, G# /
A / G-A-B-D
A / G-A-B-D
Verse1:
D / F#-A-D It could have been
D / A-D-F# me
/ A, G, F#, E, D
G / G-A-B-D (in a wheel chair with
G / G-A-B-D no
D / A-D-F# feet)
F#, E, D /
B / B-D-F# it could
B / B-D-F# have
E / G-B-D been me
/ D
A / G-A-B-D trying to
A / G-A-B-D get across the
D / F#-A-D street
F#, G, G# /
A / G-A-B-D
A / G-A-B-D
Use same chords:
It could have been me living in the streets
It could have been me with no food on my table to eat
Chorus:
D / F#-A-D I thank
D / A-D-F# God
/ A, G, F#, E, D
G / G-A-B-D it could have
G / G-A-B-D been
D / A-D-F# me
F#, E, D /
B / B-D-F# I
B / B-D-F# thank the
E / G-B-D Lord
/ D for
A / G-A-B-D sav-
A / G-A-B-D ing
D / F#-A-D me
F#, G, G# /
A / G-A-B-D
A / G-A-B-D
D / F#-A-D I thank
D / A-D-F# God
/ A, G, F#, E, D
G / G-A-B-D it could have
G / G-A-B-D been
D / A-D-F# me
F#, E, D /
B / B-D-F# I
B / B-D-F# thank the
E / G-B-D Lord
/ D it
A / G-A-B-D could have
A / G-A-B-D been
D / F#-A-D me
F#, G, G# /
A / G-A-B-D
A / G-A-B-D
Verse2:
It could have been me locked up in jail
It could have been me with no one to go my bail
It could have been me strung out on crack cocaine
It could as well been me shooting heroin in my vein
Go back to chorus:
Verse3:
It could have been me on my sick bed
It could have been me when the doctor shook his head
It could have been me sleeping in my grave
But Jesus stepped right in and made old death behave
Go back to chorus:
Vamp:
D / F#-A-D Thank You
G / G-A-B-D Jesus
D / F#-A-D it could have been
G / G-A-B-D me
