It Never Was You chords by
Kurt Weill
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Key: Eb major

Verse 1
I can't take orders.
D D 
 
No matter how hard I try,
I simply cannot take orders from anybody.
But why?
I know you say this is ridiculous,
but I think maybe it was something I ate.
Don't be silly.
Of course, I can see
that if you can't take orders,
then you can't work for my father,
and then you won't see so much of me,
and there's probably someone else.
No, Tina.
F#m F#m 
 
I've been utterly  miserable
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
away from you. No. I        think I'd forgive
Em Em 
 
you any thing
except not wanting me.
Gm Gm 
 
But you've been
away for weeks
D D 
 
and no word from you.
I was trying to make myself
stay away
Bm Bm 
 
E E 
 
so my curse wouldn't light on you too.
A A 
 
But it was no use.
Aaug Aaug 
 
D D 
 
Wherever I went,
Am Am 
 
Aaug Aaug 
 
D D 
 
I kept looking for you.
Bm Bm 
 
Gm Gm 
 
I've been hunting through woods.
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Gm Gm 
 
I've been fishing over water.
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
For one certain girl,
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
who's a certain father's daughter.
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
I've been following trails,
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
I've been staring after  ships.
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
Em Em 
 
For a certain pair of eyes,
A A 
 
D D 
 
and a certain pair of lips.
E E 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
Yes, I looked everywhere,
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Aaug Aaug 
 
you can look without wheels.
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And I found a great variety
E E 
 
A A 
 
Aaug Aaug 
 
A A 
 
of interesting things,
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
Em Em 
 
but      it never was you,
Gm Gm 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
E E 
 
it never was anywhere you
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
an occasional sunset re
minded me
D D 
 
C# C# 
 
or a flower growing high on a tulip tree
D D 
 
or one red star
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
on the low in the west
D D 
 
or a heart break off from
F# F# 
 
the meadowlark's nest
G G 
 
E E 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Made me think for a mo ment
D D 
 
Maybe it's true
Bm Bm 
 
E E 
 
I found her in the star
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
In the cold, in the blue
Em Em 
 
Gdim Gdim 
 
Gm Gm 
 
But it never was you
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
E E 
 
It never was anywhere you,
Am Am 
 
anywhere,
F F 
 
Aaug Aaug 
 
D D 
 
anywhere you.
F F 
 
Couldn't you leave
E E 
 
your father's house
Bsus4 Bsus4 
 
and marry me?
B B 
 
My father has arranged
for me
to marry someone else,
but let's just hope
that something will happen
E E 
 
and next time don't stay away so long because
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
I've been running through rains
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
and  the winds that follow  after
E E 
 
Fdim Fdim 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
for one certain face
E E 
 
Fdim Fdim 
 
F#m F#m 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
And an unforgotten laughter
Am Am 
 
I've been following signs
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
I've been searching through the lands
E E 
 
Fdim Fdim 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Fdim Fdim 
 
For a certain pair of eyes
Aaug Aaug 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
And    a certain pair of hands
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Abm Abm 
 
Oh, I tried a kiss here
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
Abm Abm 
 
A A 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
An       d     I try to kiss them
E E 
 
Ab Ab 
 
C#m C#m 
 
For when you're out in company
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
C# C# 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Ebaug Ebaug 
 
The boys and girls will pair
Fdim Fdim 
 
F#m F#m 
 
But    it never was   you
F#dim F#dim 
 
Adim Adim 
 
Am Am 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
F# F# 
 
It       never was any   of you
E E 
 
An occasional sunset
Eb Eb 
 
Gdim Gdim 
 
B B 
 
reminding me of     a flower glowing
E E 
 
Eb Eb 
 
high on a tulip tree.
B B 
 
E E 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A one red star, a glow in the west,
B B 
 
E E 
 
or a heartbreak call from the meadow
Ab Ab 
 
lark's nest
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Made me think for   a moment,
F#dim F#dim 
 
Am Am 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
may be it's true
F# F# 
 
I found her in the star,
E E 
 
B B 
 
Fdim Fdim 
 
in the call, in the blue
Ddim Ddim 
 
Fdim Fdim 
 
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
But it     never  was you
F#dim F#dim 
 
Am Am 
 
E E 
 
He       never was
C#m C#m 
 
F# F# 
 
anywhere near you,
A A 
 
E E 
 
anywhere, anywhere near you.
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