No Telling chords by Linda Thompson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C  G  C  G  C  G

Verse:
               D                G         C
He came in the ballroom, just a crazy old man
    G              D            G
His eyes seemed to glaze in the light
              D          G            C
Just some old hawker, to judge by his rags
     G           D           G
Come in from the cold of the night

Verse:
        C              G             C           G
And the whole room was dancing, they paid him no mind
      C              G              Am           D
As he slipped to the bar and said, "Please be so kind"
    G          D              G           C
The music kept ringing in the back of his mind
   G              D              G
No telling what a love song will do

Verse:
                    D               G         C
As the queen of the ballroom sang a favourite song
   G              D            G
He stood with the glass in his hand
                D          G           C
He was weary of living the days of his life
      G             D             G
And tonight was the last he could stand

Verse:
   C            G          C            G
He shut out the future, he shut out the past
    C        G           Am          D
And even the present was running out fast
    G            D               G             C
The queen of the ballroom said, "Make this the last"
   G              D              G
No telling what a love song will do

Instrumental:
G  D  G  C  G  C  G
G  D  G  C  G  D  G

Verse:
                  D            G         C
As she started to sing for the very last time
   G              D            G
He trembled as he stood there alone
                       D         G           C
And the pain he'd been holding inside for so long
     G             D             G
Just fell from his heart and was gone


Verse:
       C      G          C          G
It was only a love song, simple and clear
       C           G              Am         D
But he bowed as it shook him with every last tear
       G          D              G               C
And he cried from relief, and he cried half from fear
   G              D              G
No telling what a love song will do

Verse:
                     D              G            C
Oh, the queen of the ballroom still glitters and shines
     G             D            G
Each night at the "Old Kindness Sake"
              D              G          C
And maybe its something they put in the wine
        G        D        G
But her beauty refuses to fade

Verse:
  C             G            C              G
I think she got married to a stranger, they say
       C         G            Am          D
Just a crazy old man who came passing one day
        G                D              G           C
And the whole town still dances and the music still plays
   G              D              G
No telling what a love song will do
C  G              D              G    C G   D   G
No telling what a love song will do