KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Loving Arms guitar chord

Loving Arms (If you could see me now)

By Tom Jans

As performed by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge on the album “Full Moon”

Capo III (indicated chords relative to the capo)

Intro note: the slashes indicate eighth notes. I did this to get the correct rhythmic divisions for the changes.

Sorry if it seems strange, this is my first tab and I couldn’t think of a better method.

G C D C

Intro Chords: |: \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ :|

Verse 1:

G C

If you could see me now

D G C

The one who said that he’d rather roam

D G C

The one who said he’d rather be alone

D G

If you could only see me now

Verse 2:

If I could hold you know

Just for a moment if I could make you mine

Just for a while turn back the hands of time

If I could only hold you now

Chorus:

C D

I’ve been too long in the wind

G C C/B Am

Too long in the rain

D G

Taking any comfort that I can

C D

Looking back and longing for the

G C C/B Am

freedom of my chains

D G

Lying in your loving arms again

Verse 3:

If you could hear me now

Singing somewhere through the lonely night

Dreaming of the arms that held me tight

If you could only hear me now

Chorus

outro:

vamp on intro until fade