Never Tell A Woman Yes chords by The Monkees

🎸 Intro:
C Am D G C G C
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C Am D G C G C
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D      C   G
Oh my, my, my-



🎸 Verse 1:
C                        Am
In a dusty caravan was a girl with a golden tan
        F                 G            C      G
And she asked me if I was headed to the east
                   C                Am
I politely stepped aside and said I did not need a ride
         F              G                C
That I'd rather take my chances with the heat
               E                        Am
Well, when she turned and walked away I saw my big mistake
           F                        G
There were jewels on her body oh-so-rare
       C                       Am
Had it been another day I just might have rode away
          F            G                C
With that woman riding off to God-knows-where

🎸 Verse 2:
       C                                      Am
So the years they came and went, and found me living in a tent
F           G             C      G
Far above a little marble stream
       C                                  Am
And it may have been the light that shone out through the night
     F                  G                C
That attracted the hand scratching on my screen
       E                                                    Am
When I cautiously looked out through the night there was no doubt
         F                           G
That the owner of that hand was that girl
     C                           Am
So I bid her do come in and I'll open up a tin
          F                  G               C
If you'll tell me 'bout your trip around the world

🎸 Verse 3:
          C                               Am
Well, she said, "If you think back to the first time that we passed
    F                   G            C
I'm sure you'll picture me in all my jewels
       C                         Am
It was shortly after then that I ran into another man
      F             G                     C
And I asked him the same question I asked you
        E                           Am
But now he, he didn't refuse and he took off of both his shoes
    F                            G
And climbed aboard my east-bound caravan
       C                         Am
In the twinkling of the night he knocked me off the side
    F                 G             C
And left me there for dead upon the sand

🎸 Verse 4:
      C                         Am
And I thought I was done, lying naked in the sun
     F          G
When much to my surprise, who should pass?
         C                               Am
But this old friend of yours, he said he knew you from the wars
      F               G                    C
And I told him that I thought you'd headed west
         E                                     Am
Well, he said he should have known, 'cause you like to be alone
    F                                  G
And that's the time I knew you were my one
     C                             Am
So I asked him for a ride, just to get here by your side
    F                    G                 C
And stay here above this stream out of the sun"

🎸 Verse 5:
C
Well, we sat quiet for a while
    Am
And I began to smile
           F         G                   C     G
And I said well it's strange but I don't care
    C                                             Am
And some nights when I'm at rest
I wonder if I'd said, "yes"
   F                          G                C
If she'd have come to me from God knows where
         E                                Am
Or would I have been the one to leave her lying in the sun
         F                           G
And then ended up with only precious stones
             C                   Am
Or would the woman in my arms be giving me her charms
       F             G               C
If the answer that I gave her wasn't "no"

🎸 Outro:
Am  F  G  B  D  G  C
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