Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: C E7 Am I wish you would have smiled in the bakery Am Dm Dm Or sat on a tatty settee F F At some mutual friend's gathering C E7 Am And the more you keep on looking, the more it's hard to take Am Dm Dm Love, we're in stalemate F F E7 To never meet is surely where we're bound E7 Dm There's one in every town Dm F#m Just there to grind you down
Verse 2: C E7 Am I wish I would have seen you in the post office Am Dm Dm Well, maybe I did and I missed it F F C Too busy with the mind on clever lines E7 Am Why not the rounders pitch or the canteen? Am Dm Dm You're slacking, love, where have you been? F F E7 Just had to go and wait until tonight E7 Dm To give me the invite Dm F#m Don't worry, it's alright Verse 3: C E7 Am I wish I would have seen you down in the arcade Am Dm Dm Sipping on a lemonade F F C In the paper cup and chewing on the straw E7 Am And I wish I'd seen you in the bakery Am Dm Dm But if I'd seen you in the bakery F F#m C You probably wouldn't have seen me