Title: If a Broken Heart Could Kill
Artist: Keith Whitley


Capo: 2nd Fret
Intro: D A G# F# A E A E


         A      D       A 
Oh It's Chokin' me to death

             D       A    
I can hardly get my breath

   D              A                                    E   
It happens when I think of you, and I think it always will

     A   D           A  
Everyday that passes by

                 D      A 
Is just one more way to die 

D                 A      G#   F#
Lord knows I'd be gone now
                              (Walk into Chorus)
     A       E          A      A  G#   F#
If a broken heart could kill


(Chorus)

      E                            D                A  
Why didn't you just take a gun and shoot me where I stood

    D                   A          E
And put and end to this misery for good

        A    D          A 
But you know, I'm still alive

             D     A
And somehow I will survive

   D                  A   G#   F#
But lord knows I'd be cold and still

     A      E           A 
If a broken heart could kill


(Walk back into the 2nd Chorus)

A G# F#

    E                              D                A
Why didn't you just take a gun and shoot me where I stood

     D              A              E
Lord knows if I had nerve enough I would

       A    D           A   
But you know, I'm still alive

             D     A 
And somehow I will survive

   D                  A   G#   F#
But lord knows I'd be cold and still 

     A      E           D
If a broken heart could kill


End:  D E A