I COULD'VE KILLED YOU (Gabe Zander/BMI) 2003

(honky-tonk beat)

        E                         G        E                  G
Well, I could've killed you, baby, for the way you treated me;
E                         G         E               G
How I stopped myself from doing it, I may never see.
A                               C       A                      C
Maybe I still had some faith in God, of fear of life in a cell;
      B                                              C                    D
Well, whatever it was, be thankful, 'cause after the way you made my life Hell,

(chorus):
           E          G  E                         G
I could've killed you; I could've broken your neck.
           E                 G          E                   G              
I could've killed you, honey, with no remorse and no regret,
     A
No regret...

(break): A, E, B, C, D, E, G, E

For the way you downtalked me in public, baby, I was sharpening my knife;
For you gettin' it on with other guys, I was ready to end your life.
I was gettin' tired of you hittin' me, knowing I wouldn't hit you back;
When I left, you were only a few straws away from breakin' that camel's back.

(second chorus):

I could've killed you; I could've gutted you like a pig.
I could've killed you, baby, but once again, you lucked out big,
You lucked out big.

(break)

(first chorus)
(second chorus)