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Date: 12/29/96; 6:31:02 PM
From: ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Gene L. Graham)
Subject: BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS


BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS
Recorded by Freddy Fender
Words and music by Ben Peters and Vivian Keith

If he [D] brings you happi-[D7] ness
Then I [G] wish you both the [D] best
It's your [G] happiness
That [A7] matters most of [D] all [A7]
But if he [D] ever breaks your [D7] heart
If the [G] teardrops ever [D] start 
[G] I'll be [D] there
Before the [A7] next teardrop [D] falls [G] [D] 

CHORUS
[D7] I'll be [G] there
Any-[A7] time you [D] need me by your side
To [E7] dry away every [A7] teardrop that you cried
If he [D] ever leaves you [D7] blue
Just re-[G] member I love [D] you 
[G] I'll be [D] there
Before the [A7] next teardrop [D7] falls

Tho' it hurts to let you go
Darling, I want you to know
That I'll stand by you
If ever you should call
And if I should ever hear
That he made you shed a tear
I'll be there
Before the next teardrop falls

CHORUS

[G] Yes, I'll be [D] there
Before the [A7] next teardrop [D] falls [G] [D] [A7] [D]

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