Trying to Do Something to Get Your Attention
John Hartford
Mark Twang
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of: D


      D                                G               D
Maybe I should give you some of the royalties to this song
                                      A     
Cause you sure did inspire me to write it
                         G                    D
Maybe I should put you name in the lyrics somewhere
                            A          D
Because you sure did cause me to write it


Chorus:
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    G                  D
You know as much of a lift
                          G        D
As love songs are they sure are hard to write
    G                 D
I'm trying to do something
          A         D
To get your attention

Maybe I should put your picture on the front of this song
Cause you sure did cause me write it
Telling how I met you in the coda of the song
Cause you sure did cause me to write it

Chorus:
You know its much of a lift.....

I tried real hard to not make this song sound like
Some other song that I might have written before
If I did it is because of my style and style is based on limitations.

I tried real hard to not make this song sound like
Some other song some other singer songwriter might have written before
If I did its because it's music
And music's based on repetition

Now maybe if you learn the words to this your very own song
A song that you caused to be written
You sing it out for somebody else that you love
'Cause you sure did cause it to be written

Chorus:
You know as much of a lift
As love songs are they sure are hard to write
I'm trying to do something......
To get your attention