"If We Never Meet Again" is one of the more underated rock songs to come out of the sheen-age production of the 1980's. It was penned by
Jules_Shear who may not be a household name but some of the songs he has written became hits for others, notably,
The_Bangles, "If She Knew What She Wants" in 1986. If you had already clicked and read the Shears link I posted, you would have read that Shears also was the creator of "MTV Unplugged" and did host the first 13 episodes. "If We Never Meet Again" is a good mid-tempo little rock song and as someone once said, "What's wrong with that? I'd like to know." I like a good little mid-tempo rock song.
I first heard the song when it was released in 1988 from Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers. I was living in
Fort Lauderdale at the time and probably one of the first times I heard it I was waiting for the bridge over the
Intercoastal_Waterway! Growing up in rural Kane County Illinois you'd have to wait for farm implements. When I moved to Florida at the ripe old age of 20, I was waiting for million dollar yachts at giant draw bridges. I had also heard Shears original version of this song, also recorded in 1988 from his band The Reckless Sleepers. The song was also covered by Roger McGuinn on his stellar comeback record from 1990, "Back From Rio".
When I started my hobby as the "Greatest Couch Guitarist Of All Time" but horrible even in the most basic Open Mic settings I found the song easy to play even for me. No barre chords, G, C, and D. Throw in a little Em and Am and there you go. I got the chords of the internet so they must be correct.
Here is the Tommy Conwell version in all it's 80's production glory!
