I’ve never been to me (1977)    (video)    (midi)

 

     D                 - C                  - G               D         Em

1.      Hey, lady,       you, lady,       cursing at your life,

                   C                     D                Em

    you're a discontented mother and a regimented wife.

C                         D                               G                 D     Em

    I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do,

               A                                                        - C                         D

    but, I wish someone had talked to me like I       wanna talk to you.

 

                    G                               D                 - Em                            Bm

    Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and        anywhere I could run,

       C                             G                             - Am                             D

    I took the hand of a preacher man and we       made love in the sun.

                  - G                              D                       Em                       Bm

    But I ran      out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free,

     C                  G                       - Am              C        G

    I've been to paradise but I've          never been to me.

 

   D                      - C                      - G                    D       Em

2.    Please, lady,      please, lady,        don't just walk away,

                   C             Am       D                     Em

    'cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today.

C                         D                     G      D        Em

    I can see so much of me still living in your eyes,

                        A                                                        C                   D

    won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived a million lies ?

 

                    G                             D

    Oh, I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece,

               Em                                   Bm

    when I sipped champagne on a yacht,

         C                                G                       Am                              D

    I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed ‘em what I've got.

                          G                                       D

    I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things,

                Em                              Bm

    that a woman ain't s'posed to see,

     C                  G                       - Am              C        G

    I've been to paradise but I've          never been to me.

 

                  - D                                     C                         D

(spoken : )        Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie,

                              G                                                                 D

    a fantasy we created about people and places as we like them to be.

                                     C                                D

    But you know what truth is ? It's that little baby you're holding,

                          G                                                         D

    and it's that man you fought with this morning, the same one

                                                     C                                     D

    you are gonna make love to tonight. That's truth, that's love.

 

                                G                        D

    Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children

            Em                                    Bm

    that might have made me complete,

            - C                                    G                          Am                      D

    but I,     I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet.

                      G                          D

    I spent my life exploring, the subtle whoring

           Em                            Bm

    that costs so much to be free,

                     C                  G           - C - G               Am      D         G

    Hey, lady, I've been to paradise,             but I've never been to me.

 

+  G - D - Em - Bm

 

     C                  G                       - Am            C

    I've been to paradise, but I've        never been to me.

             G                               D                  - Em                            Bm

    I've been to Georgia and California and         anywhere I could run,

     C                  G                Am             C

    I've been to paradise but I've never been to me.

             G                              D

    I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece,

               Em                                   Bm

    when I sipped champagne on a yacht,

     C                  G                       - Am             C

    I've been to paradise but I've          never been to .....

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Charlene)