Id Rather Go Blind Cifras

I'd Rather Go Blind:Etta James.
#10 on R&B Charts and #23 on BB Hot
100 on CADET Records in 1968.
 
 
 
[Intro]
 A F# Bm A
 
 
[Verse 1]
A         F#m  A     F#m Bm    F#m          Bm
Something told me it was over (yeah-eah-eah-eah) 
Bm                 A
when I saw you and her talking.
A                   F#m   Bm
Something deep down in my soul said, cry girl, 
 F#m  Bm
(cry, cry) when I saw you and that girl walking 
A
out.
 
 
[Verse 2]
A                                          Bm
Ooo-ooo, I would rather, I would rather go blind, 
                          F#m       A
boy, than to see you walk away from me, child.
 F#m               A
(oh-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo)
A                          F#m          Bm
So, you see, I love you so much, that I don't want 
 
to watch you leave me, babe.
Bm                           E
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be 
A
free, no.
 
 
[Verse 3]
A       F#m A                      Bm
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo, I was just, I was just, I was just 
        F#m   Bm                             F#m
sittin' there thinking of your kiss and your warm 
  A
embrace, yeah.
A                          F#m          Bm
when the reflection in the glass that I held to my
                F#m          Bm
lips now, babe (yeah-eah-eah-eah) revealed the tears 
         E     A
that was on my face, yeah.
 
 
[Outro]
A         Bm              A                     Bm
Oooo, and baby, baby, I'd rather, I'd rather be blind, 
     F#m Bm
boy.................than to see you walk away from 
A
me, yeah.
     F#m   A                               Bm
Oooo-oooo, baby, baby, baby..I'd rather be blind..(Fade.)
 
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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