(Chorus:)
[G#]If it happens again I'm lea[F#]ving
[G#]I'll pack my things and [F#]go
[G#]If it happens again
[F#]There'll be no looking back
[G#]I won't say I told you s[F#]o
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/ub40/if_it_happens_again_crd.html )
[G#]You did what you were told
[F#]And you took the strain
[G#]Been left out in the cold
[F#]Got yourself to blame
[C#]But believe me,
[D#]If it happens again [C#]I'm leaving
[D#]If it stays the same [C#]I'm gone
[D#]When you're stabbed in the back
[C#]And there's salt in the [D#]wound
[C#]The it's time to move [G#]along
(Chorus)
(Interlude)
D# - C# - D# - C# - D# - C# - D# - C# - G#
[G#]No more spanners in the works,
[F#]All the works been done
[G#]Had your face rubbed in the dirt
[F#]On show for every one
[C#]But believe me
[D#]If it happens again [C#]I'm leaving
[D#]If it stays the same [C#]I'm gone
[D#]When compromise is the s[C#]ong you sing
[D#]It's been going on to [G#]long
(Chorus)
[G#]If it happens again I'm lea[F#]ving
[G#]I'll pack my things and [F#]go
[G#]If it happens again
[F#]There'll be no looking back
[G#]I won't say I told you s[F#]o
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/ub40/if_it_happens_again_crd.html )
[G#]You did what you were told
[F#]And you took the strain
[G#]Been left out in the cold
[F#]Got yourself to blame
[C#]But believe me,
[D#]If it happens again [C#]I'm leaving
[D#]If it stays the same [C#]I'm gone
[D#]When you're stabbed in the back
[C#]And there's salt in the [D#]wound
[C#]The it's time to move [G#]along
(Chorus)
(Interlude)
D# - C# - D# - C# - D# - C# - D# - C# - G#
[G#]No more spanners in the works,
[F#]All the works been done
[G#]Had your face rubbed in the dirt
[F#]On show for every one
[C#]But believe me
[D#]If it happens again [C#]I'm leaving
[D#]If it stays the same [C#]I'm gone
[D#]When compromise is the s[C#]ong you sing
[D#]It's been going on to [G#]long
(Chorus)