She Only Meant to Use Him chords by Conway Twitty

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Verse 1

She was young and she

was pretty

And she met him in the city

And somehow he fit right into her plan

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Verse 2

She knew she'd hit it lucky

He owned half of Kentucky and best of all

He was a sixty year old man

Verse 3

She let him think he'd caught her

She led him to the al ter

Totin' seven carats on her hand

Verse 4

All dressed up in satin

Oh, the good Lord wasted that one

But she knew she'd be the

winner in the end

Verse 5

'Cause she only meant to use him

She only meant to use him

And she didn't care if

what she did was wrong

Verse 6
C 
She  (C major) only meant to use him
G 
Em 
And she  (G major) knew what she was doin'  (E minor) 
G 
D 
In a few  (G major) years she'd be  (D major) rich
and he'd be gone
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 7
A 
 (A major) 
In their million dollar palace
D 
A 
The  (D major) man grew old and  (A major) jealous
F#m 
E 
And he  (F sharp minor) never let her leave  (E major) 
A 
the house alone  (A major) 

Verse 8

She was in her prime and holdin'

She knew that he was old

And chances were he wouldn't

be around that long

Verse 9

As the days and nights grew longer

The greed in her grew stronger

And it even crossed her

mind to take his life

Verse 10

But he found out he'd been taken

And his pride was badly shaken

And he knew she never meant to be a wife

Verse 11

And she only meant to use him

She only meant to use him

But she knew just what she

wanted in the end

Verse 12
D 
She  (D major) only meant to use him
A 
F#m 
But he  (A major) knew what she was doin'  (F sharp minor) 
A 
E 
And he  (A major) swore she'd never  (E major) have
a dime to spend
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 13

Tormented by frustration

She watched her beauty wastin'

As the lines upon her face began to show

Verse 14

She turned to heavy drinkin'

'Cause her ship was slowly sinkin'

And the bottle was the only place to go

Verse 15

Now 20 odd years later

The headlines in the paper

Said they laid her soul to rest at 53

Verse 16

And when they wheeled him to her coffin

He took her diamond off

And he just smiled and finally died at 93

Verse 17

Yes, she only meant to use him

Lord knows she meant to use him

But she died with seven carats on her hand

Verse 18
E 
All  (E major) dressed up in satin
B 
E 
Oh, the  (B major) good Lord wasted that  (E major) one
B 
But her  (B major) husband died a
F# 
E 
A 
 (F sharp major) satisfied old  (E major) man  (A major) 
B 
 (B major) 