{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1973571,"song":"Never The Bride","artist":"Linda Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441657-never-the-bride-chords-by-linda-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1973571?type=chord","rating":0.0399,"votes":0,"content":"Linda Thompson - Never The Bride\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nAt sixteen I fell for Billy\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was a tall and bonny youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA friend to every pretty girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut a stranger to the truth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe swore he loved me dearly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI swore I’d not upset him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he said he couldn’t marry me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis wife would never let him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh, oh, never the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShow me a man with only one side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’m bound to live a single life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever, oh, never the bride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took up with Jack at seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo finer boy I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said I was the air he breathed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I believed his words were true[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe worked the docks at Liverpool[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLoading steamers bound for Spain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut his heart was young and restless[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he soon sailed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh, oh, never the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShow me a man with only one side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’m bound to live a single life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever, oh, never the bride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI turned eighteen that summer[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wore John Dawson’s ring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe sailed for Valparaiso[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I waited ‘til the spring[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI turned away all others[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I slept alone each night[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I cried, ‘twas not for Johnny[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n‘Twas for my sorry life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh, oh, never the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShow me a man with only one side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’m bound to live a single life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever, oh, never the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever, oh, never the bride[/tab]","plain_text":"Linda Thompson - Never The Bride\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nAt sixteen I fell for Billy\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm  Am  C  D  Em  G  C  D\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","F","C","A","D","Em","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}