Ive Gotta Get A Message

[C]            [F]       [Fsus4]
 [F]    [2X]
        /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

 [Bb]       The preacher talked with m[Cm]e and he smiled

 [F]       Said to come and walk with[Bb] me, come and walk one more mile
                (
 [Bb])
 [Cm]       Now for once in your life you're alone

 [F]       But you ain't got a dime

 [G]       There's no time for the phone

 [C]       I've just gotta [Dm]get a message to you

 [F]      [G] Hold on,[C]     hold on

 [C]       One more hour and my[Dm] life will be through
             F    G       C     [1, 2: F, to verse  3: A, to coda]
        Hold on,     hold on

        I told him I'm in no hurry
        But if I broke her heart, then won't you tell her I'm sorry
        And for once in my life I'm alone
        And I gotta let her know
        Just in time before I go

[repeat chorus]

        Well, I laughed but that didn't hurt
        And it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt
        Now I'm crying, but deep down inside
        Well, I did it to him
        Now it's my turn to die

[repeat chorus]

Coda [key changes to D]:

         (
 [A])
 [D]       I've just gotta [Em]get a message to her

 [G]      [A] Hold on,[D]     hold on

 [D]       One more hour and my[Em] life will be through

 [G]      [A] Hold on,[D]     hold on [fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers