I Thought Shed Never Leave Acoustic chords by The Clark Family

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: AbAb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G+G   A minorAm   G+G   Am7Am7
G+G     D MajorD   C majorC   G+G


Verse 1:
G+G            A minorAm                 G+G             A minorAm
Me and Bobby Wills were camping out in my backyard;
G+G                   C majorC                 G+G
Ten years old, just us, the moon, and stars.
G+G                   A minorAm             G+G              A minorAm
Then the back porch light came on, much to our surprise;
G+G             C majorC                 G+G
Mama came out for the umpteenth time.
    Cm7Cm7               D MajorD            G+G        D MajorD      E minor 7Em7
She said that she was worried that it might be too cold,
    C majorC              D MajorD         G+G
And were we really OK on our own?
  Cm7Cm7              D MajorD             G+G       B minorBm    E minorEm
I told her we were big boys, and we were doing fine,
    Am7Am7                  A7A7              D MajorD
But she just stood there for the longest time,


Chorus:
                    C majorC
And I thought she'd never leave!
              G+G
Be there for eternity!
               Am7Am7 E minorEm  C majorC
Always looking out for me;
D MajorD               C majorC
I thought she'd never leave!

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Verse 2:
G+G               A minorAm             G+G              A minorAm
First semester, freshman year, Mama helped me move
G+G              C majorC             G+G
All my stuff into my new dorm room.
    G+G                 A minorAm                 G+G               A minorAm
She stacked my socks, stacked my shirts, stacked my underwear;
G+G                 D7D7         G+G
Then she sat down in my only chair.
               Cm7Cm7           D MajorD       G+G    D MajorD          E minor 7Em7
Well, she went on and on for hours until she made it through
C majorC                D MajorD                    G+G
All the things I should and shouldn't do.
   Cm7Cm7               D MajorD            G+G          B minorBm         E minor 7Em7
My roommate, he just stood there, smiled and rolled his eyes;
     A7A7                                  D MajorD
Then she stood up and finally said, "Goodbye."


Chorus:
                    C majorC
And I thought she'd never leave!
              G+G
Be there for eternity!
               Am7Am7 E minorEm  C majorC
Always looking out for me;
D MajorD               C majorC
I thought she'd never leave!


Refrain:
            E minorEm              G+G            C majorC         E minor 7Em7
And now I'm standing at her bedside with all the family
C majorC               D MajorD             G+G
Watching as she slowly slips away.
    C majorC                    D MajorD           G+G       E minorEm
And though they say it's no use, I'd do anything
       A minorAm                          D MajorD
If the Lord up above would let her stay!


Chorus:
                    C majorC
And I thought she'd never leave!
              G+G
Be there for eternity!
               Am7Am7 E minorEm  C majorC
Always looking out for me;
D MajorD               C majorC
I thought she'd never leave!
             G+G
Be here for eternity!
               A minorAm  E minorEm  C majorC
Always looking out for me;
  D MajorD             C majorC
I thought she'd never leave!


Outro:
G+G  Am7Am7  G+G  Am7Am7
G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  G+G