They Never Met chords by Martin Mull

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Novice

verse:
Cm                 F        Bb
The boy was almost 48 years old
         Cm           F              Bb
All he'd ever gone to bed with was a cold
    Am                           Gm
And he said to his momma   momma I'm afraid it's true
     Cm                           F
Only woman that could love me  is you

verse:
    Cm                F                Bb
The girl could almost drink her age in beer
       Cm     F              Bb
Couple cases  give or take a year
Am                               Gm
She worked at the hospital   hey lots of people do
       Cm                                 F
That's where they fell in love   oh God I wish that was true

bridge:
               Eb             Bb
But they never met   not even briefly
                Am                               Gm
I know what you thought    you thought that they might
                 Eb                        Bb
Now what was the problem   the problem was chiefly
               Cm               F          Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night

bridge:
           Eb                Bb
They never met    not even informally
           Am                                Gm
I know you thought things like this work out right
                   Eb               Bb
No no   they never met   not even abnormally
               Cm               F          Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night

verse:
    Cm             F       Bb
And now the boy is almost  59
             Cm             F                     Bb     Gm
You ask him "how's it goin' Frank?\