I Thought Shed Never Leave Acoustic chords by The Clark Family

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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!


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