It Was Always You Song Lyrics and Chords by Tanya Tucker
It Was Always You
Recorded by Tanya Tucker
Written by Bob McDill
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I've been loved
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before there's no use
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pretending
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I have been
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around
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more than most I
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guess
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Still each chance that came my way
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turned around and walked away
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why I never
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knew
But now I
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know
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it was always
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you
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road I took to love was long
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something made me move along
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time I searched for love again
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knowing where the road would end
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Till now till
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now
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I have played the
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game I whispered in the
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darkness
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Lovers for all
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time
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well I guess I've had my
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share
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half believed my whispered lies
And
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held the emptiness inside
Wondering
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why but I never
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knew
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know
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baby
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it was always
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you
repeat #2
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Ooh it was always
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you
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oh it was always
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you
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It was always
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you
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yeah it was always
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song It Was Always You?
- The song It Was Always You was sang by Tanya Tucker.
Who is Tanya Tucker?
- Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits.
She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". Tucker's 2019 album While I'm Livin' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and "Bring My Flowers Now" from that same album won Tucker a shared songwriting Grammy for Best Country Song.
