By the Time I Get to Phoenix - guitar chords and comments

Lyrics without distraction HERE

First release of this song was by Johnny Rivers in 1965. Two years later Glen Campbell captured it.

What would have happened to Glen Campbell, if not for Jimmy Webb? That guy had a remarkable voice, but no soul and absolutely no idea about writing material himself. Jimmy's songs were bulls eye, and this one along with "Galveston" and "Witchita Lineman" *made* the artist Glen Campbell. But you'd better dig for Webb's own recordings - besides being a genuine and genious songwriter, he's also an excellent performer. 
Bm                                      C#m
by the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
        Bm                                  C#m
she'll find the note I left hanging on her door
         D                       Bm        C#m
she'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving
             Bm                Bm/A        G    Esus4
'cause I've left that girl so many times before

          Bm              Bm/A             F#m
...though time and time I tried to tell her so
         Bm    Bm/A  G6           Amaj7 
she just didn't know I would really go
B minor
Bm
C sharp minor
C#m
D major
D
G major
G
E suspend four
Esus4
F sharp minor
F#m
G sixth
G6
A major seventh
Amaj7
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