You Could've Been The One
Written by John Batdorf and Sue Sheridan, ©1980

B          C#m        A       Amaj7   E       B7      Emaj7   C#
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B  C#m  B  A
(Intro)

          B                   C#m
There's a bright light that's shinin' in your face
    A       Amaj7        B
You can't even see me at all
        C#m          E
Oh, you look like an angel out of place
A       B7       E
At this downtown devil's bar

Emaj7
Do you wanna dance girl
A          A6
  You said no thanks
      E                  Emaj7
And I watched you drift away
         A
Well you had your chance

B7                       C#m
   You could've been the one
        G#m                   A
Tonight you could've been the only one
B                    C#
  For the rest of my life
        G#m                  A
I'll be dreamin' of you when this dance is done
        B7                    E
Knowin' you could've been the one

Emaj7  A  A6

     C#m                    B
If I come back here I might see you again
    A     C#m       B
And maybe you'd say yes
           C#m             B
But it's a losin' game I'm tryin' to win
    A     B          E
And I can only guess

       Emaj7         A
Do you have somebody   (watchin')
A6
Who watches you
       E                  Emaj7
As you let down your hair
       A
By the light of the moon

B7                       C#m
   You could've been the one
        G#m                   A
Tonight you could've been the only one
B7                    C#m
   For the rest of my life
        G#m                  A
I'll be dreamin' of you when this dance is done
        B7                    E   Emaj7  A
Knowin' you could've been the one
        B7                    E   Emaj7  A  B  C#7
Knowin' you could've been the one

F#                       Bmaj9
Where do you go when the night ends
        A#m    C#7   F#sus4     F#
Are you just a dream that fades into gray
C#         F#           B
Visions of you will not leave me alone
F#m                 B7
Why did you have to turn away

                      C#m
You could've been the one
        G#m                   A
Tonight you could've been the only one
B7                    C#m
   For the rest of my life
        G#m                       A
I'll be dreamin' of you when this dance is done
        B7                        C#m
Knowin' you could've been the one

        G#m                   A
Tonight you could've been the only one
B7                    C#m
   For the rest of my life
        G#m                       A
I'll be dreamin' of you when this dance is done
        B7                        C#m
Knowin' you could've been the one ... (repeat and fade)


Last Revised: 25 February 1998