Linda Thompson - Never The Bride
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
At sixteen I fell for Billy
F C
He was a tall and bonny youth
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A friend to every pretty girl
F D
But a stranger to the truth
[Verse 2]
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He swore he loved me dearly
F C
I swore I’d not upset him
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But he said he couldn’t marry me
F D
His wife would never let him
[Chorus]
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Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
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Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
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I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
[Verse 3]
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I took up with Jack at seventeen
F C
No finer boy I knew
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He said I was the air he breathed
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And I believed his words were true
[Verse 4]
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He worked the docks at Liverpool
F C
Loading steamers bound for Spain
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But his heart was young and restless
F D
And he soon sailed away
[Chorus]
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Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
[Instrumental]
Em Am C D Em G C D
[Verse 5]
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I turned eighteen that summer
F C
And I wore John Dawson’s ring
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He sailed for Valparaiso
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And I waited ‘til the spring
[Verse 6]
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I turned away all others
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And I slept alone each night
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When I cried, ‘twas not for Johnny
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‘Twas for my sorry life
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride