Never Really Know chords by Kameron Marlowe

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E

🎸 Intro:

Am  C  F  C G/B



🎸 Verse 1:
Am               C
Miss Carol was a homeroom teacher
F                              C          G/B
Stare at John and Becky making out in the bleachers
          Am        C      G/B Am           C     G/B
And say, "Oh, to be young again, sixteen in love again"
Am                C
She goes home and drowns herself in whiskey
F                               C            G/B     Am
Stares into the mirror asking, "Where did my pretty go?
                  C     G/B Am                     C     G/B
Seems like it was yesterday, didn't have a wrinkle on my face"

🎸 Chorus:
F                      C        G
Fake a smile, and they tell you lies
F                        C          G
Hide all the pain coming from those eyes
    F                              C    G     Am  G
You never really know what's going on inside, no
F                           C        G
The sky is sunny, but their world is blue
F                     C        G
Until you walk a mile in their shoes
    F                                C     G
You never really know what someone's going through
    F                                C     G            Am  C  F  C G/B
You never really know what someone's going through, ooh-ooh


🎸 Verse 2:
Am                       C
And Tommy takes too many pills out the bottle
F                           C         G/B
Sometimes he prays he won't wake up tomorrow
           Am                  C      G/B
And says, "Oh, eviction notice on the door"
Am                       C      G/B
Wondering what he's even living for
Am                    C
Shows up early to his momma's for dinner
F                    C                   G/B
All she can say is, "Son, you're looking thinner"
          Am              C    G/B
He says, "Oh, I'm working out again"
Am                        C   G/B
Even though he knows he's crumbling


🎸 Chorus:
F                      C        G
Fake a smile, and they tell you lies
F                        C          G
Hide all the pain coming from those eyes
    F                              C    G     Am  G
You never really know what's going on inside, no
F                           C        G
The sky is sunny, but their world is blue
F                     C        G
Until you walk a mile in their shoes
    F                                C     G
You never really know what someone's going through
    F                                C     G          F  C
You never really know what someone's going through, ooh
G   F
Oh, no


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
Am G F   C G F


🎸 Verse 3:
Am                 C
Miss Carol met her match with the bottle
F                     C          G/B
Tough way to go for a small-town model
           Am                     C     G/B
They say, "Oh, we thought she was doing fine"
          Am                          C G/B
When they haven't spoke a word since '99
Am                 C
Tommy wound up one headstone over
F                             C               G/B
Families gather 'round, heavy weight on their shoulder
          Am                   C        G/B
And say, "Oh, we could've done more for them"
Am                       C        G
Now all the guilt starts creeping in


🎸 Chorus:
F                      C        G
Fake a smile, and they tell you lies
F                        C          G
Hide all the pain coming from those eyes
    F                              C    G     Am  G
You never really know what's going on inside, no
F                           C        G
The sky is sunny, but their world is blue
F                     C        G
Until you walk a mile in their shoes
    F                                C     G
You never really know what someone's going through
    F                                C     G            Am  C
You never really know what someone's going through, ooh-ooh
    F
Oh, hmm


🎸 Outro:
C G/B Am  C  F  C G/B  Am