Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
🎸 Intro:
D MajorD 
A minorAm 
E minorEm 
G+G
E MajorE ----------------------------|
BB ----------------------------|
G+G ----------------------------|
D MajorD ----------------------------|
A augmentedA -3-2-0--0-2-3--2-0----2-0---|
E MajorE -------------------3------3-|
🎸 Verse:
G+G
Young rover are you planning to stay
C majorC
Or only a passer by the lady did say
G+G C majorC
I'd gladly be here for the rest of my days
D MajorD
If I could merely touch
D7D7 G+G
Your fair lips he did say
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
But he wasn't real, wasn't real
C majorC
Young lady I'm sorry you learned to feel
D MajorD
For merely a mirage
C majorC
Only a dream
D MajorD G+G
That man wasn't what he seemed
D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm G+G
E MajorE ----------------------------|
BB ----------------------------|
G+G ----------------------------|
D MajorD ----------------------------|
A augmentedA -3-2-0--0-2-3--2-0----2-0---|
E MajorE -------------------3------3-|
🎸 Verse:
G+G
But he kissed her warm lips
G+G
Combed back her long hair
C majorC
Promised without her he'd go nowhere
G+G
Then she drank up every
C majorC
Drop of his lies
D MajorD
And they tasted as sweet
G+G
As the finest red wine
🎸 Verse:
G+G
Now the leaves upon the limbs have all gone on
C majorC
The pretty flowers have lost their blossoms
G+G C majorC
And the arms that once held her so tight
D MajorD
Have long dissapeared
G+G
In the passing of the night
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
But he wasn't real, wasn't real
C majorC
Young lady I'm sorry you learned to feel
D MajorD
For merely a mirage
C majorC
Only a dream
D MajorD G+G
That man wasn't what he seemed
D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm G+G
E MajorE ----------------------------|
BB ----------------------------|
G+G ----------------------------|
D MajorD ----------------------------|
A augmentedA -3-2-0--0-2-3--2-0----2-0---|
E MajorE -------------------3------3-|
🎸 Verse:
G+G
So take warning ladies take warning I say
C majorC
Be mindful of where your heart may stray
G+G C majorC
For it's easy for the sunshine to turn to snow
D MajorD
But never let a man
G+G
Turn you to coal
🎸 Verse:
G+G
Keep the summer in your heart
The ice out of your veins
C majorC
Never let the real lose out to the fake
G+G
For true love it will give
C majorC
A augmentedA false one it will take
D MajorD G+G
Never let a man drive you to your grave
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
For he wasn't real, wasn't real
C majorC
Young lady I'm sorry you learned to feel
D MajorD
For merely a mirage
C majorC
Only a dream
D MajorD G+G
That man wasn't what he seemed
