G/B X2003X      F   133211
        am  X02210      G   355433 or 320033 depending
        dm  XX0231      em  022000

The Intro is:

  C           G/B        am          am/G          N.C.

E|-0--------------------|-------------------------|-1--0--------------------|
B|----3--1--3-----------|-1--0--1--1--------------|-3--1--3--1--0-----1--1--|
G|-----------------0----|-------------------0-----|-------4--2--0-----0--0--|
D|---------------0---0--|----------------2-----2--|----------------0--------|
A|-0-----------2--------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|

  C

E|-------1--0--|
B|-------1--1--|
G|----0--------| <----- This bar repeats at the end of every
D|-------------| major verse.  I've marked it with a C*
A|-3-----------|
E|-------------|

Verse 1:

C          G/B       am     am/G         F       G            C
  I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three

C         G/B     am     am/G         dm                G
  Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me.

          C         G/B       am     am/G       F         G        C
  He said, Boy, you might not understand, but a long long time ago.

  C         G/B          am      F           G          G/B       C*
  Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so.


Verse 2:

C             G/B   am      am/G  F       G             C
  We had this crazy plan to meet, and run away together.

      C       G/B    am         am/G    dm                 G
  Get married in the first town we came to and live forever.

C            G/B    am         am/G    F           G           C
  But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead.

C   G/B        am     F    G                    C*
  I found this letter, and this is what it said.


Chorus:
         F           G         C
  If you get there before I do.

F            G        C
  Don't give up on me.

       F                G          am
  I'll meet you when my chores are through

  dm                         G
  I don't know how long I'll be.

          F         G       C
  But I'm not gonna let you down

F        G        am
  Darlin wait and see

        F               G          em        am
  Cause between now and then, till I see you again

          dm        G
  I'll be lovin you

            Intro
  Love, Me.


I read these words just hours before, my grandma passed away.
In the doorway of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray.
I know I'd never seen him cry, in all my fifteen years,
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

Chorus

Cause between now and then
Till I see you again
I'll be lovin you,
Love, Me

Intro.


        That's it.  You'll want to listen to the tape for a couple of little
fills that he (his band?) does, especially on the C chords.
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1994 21:20:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alex Rudd 
Subject: A song submission for the next COWPIE Newsletter
To: Greg Vaughn 


"Love, Me" - by Collin Raye (1991)
Words and Music by Skip Ewing & Max T. Barnes

BM Ped by Alex Rudd - ahrjj@cunyvm.cuny.edu

Chords:

     Am  Am7  Am/G  C    Dm  Dm7 Dm7/C  E7   F   F(2) F/C   G   G/B  Gsus
E|---0----0----0----0----1----1----1----0----1----3----1----3-------------|
B|---1----1----1----1----3----1----1----0----1----1----1----0----3----1---|
G|---2----0----2----0----2----2----2----1----2----2----2----0----0----0---|
D|---2----2----2----2----0--------------0----3----3----3----0----0----0---|
A|---0----0---------3--------------3----2--------------3----2----2--------|
E|-------------3------------------------0-------------------3---------3---|


(Medium ballad)

C  G/B  | Am  Am/G  | Dm  G  | C  F/C C

C        G/B     Am                    F       G             C
I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
C       G/B     Am                  Dm7               Gsus  G
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me.     He said,
C         G/B       Am                F          G      C
"Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
C         G/B          Am      F           G                  C  F/C  C
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so."


C           G/B   Am           F       G       C
We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
C           G/B    Am                 Dm7          Gsus    G
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
C          G/B    Am                 F           G         C
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
C         G/B        Am           F       G       C  F/C  C
Of her, I found this letter, and this is what it said:

       F            G     C   F          G     C
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
     F                G          Am
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
Dm7             Dm7/C      Gsus  G
I don't know how long I'll be.
        F         G       C     F       G        Am
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
       F            G            E7        Am7
And between now and then, till I see you again,
        F(2)       G       C   G/B  | Am  Am/G  | Dm  G  | C F/C C
I'll be loving you.  Love, me.

C            G/B        Am              F       G        C
I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away,
C              G/B  Am                  Dm7                Gsus  G
In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.
C          G/B   Am              F      G       C
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
C         G/B        Am       F        G                   C  F/C  C
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.


       F            G     C   F          G     C
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
     F                G          Am
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
Dm7             Dm7/C      Gsus  G
I don't know how long I'll be.
        F         G       C     F       G        Am
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
       F            G            E7        Am7
And between now and then, till I see you again,
        F(2)       G       C    Am7
I'll be loving you.  Love, me.
   F            G            E7        Am7
Between now and then, till I see you again,
        F(2)       G (NO CHORDS)
I'll be loving you.  Love, me.