The Lovers That Never Were chords by Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney
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Verse 1
(G major) (E minor) (E major) (E minor) I have always
(B minor) needed somebody (E flataug) (A minor) girl, (A flataug) (C major)
(D major) But I (G major) close the (C major) doors to
(D major) keep out the (G major) world.
But for (E minor) you, I would be here all alone, (G major)
Locked in a photograph.
(E flat major) All of the clocks (C minor) have run down.
(E flat major) Lover beware. (E flataug)
We`ll (E flat major) be the (C minor) lovers that never (G major) were.
(F major) I hang
Verse 2
(E minor) patiently (B minor) on every
(E flataug) word (A minor) you send. (A flataug) (C major)
(D major) Will we (G major) ever (C major) be much
(D major) more than just (G major) friends?
As for (E minor) you,
you sit there playing this (G major) game,
You keep me waiting
When (E flat major) all of the clocks (C minor) have run down,
(E flat major) All over (E flataug) the world. (E flat major)
We`ll be the lov (C minor) ers
that never (G major) were. (C major)
For as (C minor) long as the
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Verse 3
(G major) sun shines (C major)
in (C minor) (G major) somebody`s eyes, (C major)
I be (C minor) lieve in you (G major) baby,
(C major) so (C minor) don`t tell me (G major) lies. (C major)
For as (C minor) long as the (G major) trees (C major) (C minor) throw
down blossoms and (G major) leaves, (C major)
I know (C minor) there will (G major) be (B minor) a parade (F sharp major)
of unpainted (B minor) dreams. (D major)
Verse 4
And I (E minor) know dear,
(B minor) how much (E flataug) it`s going (A minor) to hurt (A flataug) (E major) (C major)
(D major) If you still (G major) re (C major) fuse to (D major) get your hands (G major) dirty.
So (E minor) you, you must tell me
(G major) something,...i love you,
Say goodbye or anything.
(E flat major) All of the clocks (C minor) have run
down. (E flat major)
Time`s at an (E flataug) end.
If (E flat major) we can`t be (C minor) lovers we`ll
never be (G major) friends. (C major)
(C minor) For as long as the sun
Verse 5
(G major) shines
(C major) in (C minor) somebody`s eyes,
(G major) I (C major) (C minor) (C major) be (C minor) lieve in you (G major) baby,
(C major) so (C minor) don`t tell me (G major) lies. (C major)
(C minor) For as long as the (G major) trees (C major) throw
(C minor) down blossoms and (G major) leaves, (C major)
I (C minor) know there will (G major) be (B minor) a parade (F sharp major) of
unpainted (B minor) dreams.
Outro 1
(D major) (D major) (E flat major) (C minor) (G major)
The Lovers That Never Were
Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney
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