He Never Came Back chords by Dave Van Ronk

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



     VERSE 1:
  E                         A
I went into a restaurant as hungry as a bear,
    E                      A
And like a raving maniac I grabbed the bill of fare
    E                                       A
The waiter said "what will you have," "give me a steak" I say
   E                                B7             E
He took my order 'bout his head and slowly walked away


     CHORUS:
     Slow, almost as a waltz:
        E         A        B7         E
And he never came back, he never came back,
         E                 B7
Though I waited an hour or more
       E           A            B7               E
Oh his face I will break, if he don't bring that steak,
        E            B7        E
When we meet on that beautiful shore

     VERSE 2:
  E                                   A
A jay who lived down on the farm came into see the town,
E                              A
Registered at Smith's hotel as Mr Hayseed Brown
  E                              A
A jay he was so y'all admit with whiskers green as grass,
       E                                 B7                E
Pulled off his shoes jumped into bed and then blew out the gas

     CHORUS:
       E          A        B7          E
And he never came back, he never came back,
    E                      B7
And as they broke down the door,
       E             A          B7                 E
Oh the last words he said, just before he dropped dead,
            B7                      E
Were "we'll meet on that beautiful shore"

     VERSE 3:
  E                          A
I went into a circus show, I took my mother in law
    E                                      A
She laughed at everything she saw 'til she nearly broke her jaw
    E                            A
Nearby I saw a big balloon which proved to be my friend
   E                                 B7             E
I threw her in, I cut the rope, and up she did ascend

     CHORUS:
        E          A         B7          E
And she never came back, she never came back,
          E                      B7
Though we waited for six days or more
    E                   A            B7       E
Oh, there's one thing I know, I will go down below,
      E            B7        E
If we meet on that beautiful shore