John's First Wedding Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][Gsus4][C][Csus4][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]On a
[Dm]perfect August day[Gsus4]
At his old col[C]lege [Csus4]chapel[C]
As [Dm]the families rallied [Gsus4]round,
and old friends traveled [C]far,
[Csus4][C][Dm]
[C]All [F]the plans she'd
[Gsus4]made[G]
She [C]had never [G]worked
[C]so [Am]hard
[Gsus4]From a 20s [Dm]satin gown
[Gsus4]to the vintage[Dm]
[C]classic car[Bb][Gsus4][G]
And [Gsus4]I felt so out [Dm]of place
[Gsus4]in a cartoon hat and black[C]
[Csus4]dress[C]
Carrying [Dm]petals of dead roses [Gsus4]in
a paper [C]cup[Csus4][C]
[Dm]And he[C] wore his [F]meda[Gsus4]ls[G]
like a [C]soldier [G]in [C]tobacco[Am]
[Gsus4]Singing half -rem[Dm]embered hymns,
[Gsus4]
saying prayer[C]s t[Bb]o wish
them [Gsus4]luck
[G]And I had to hol[Dm]d my peace,
[Gsus4]it was too late to[G]
[C]turn [Csus4]back[C]
[Bb]I remember when we were young
you always told me you needed
someone [Am]there for you
[Bb]Always somebody to come home to
[Gsus4]Always somebody there to say
I [Dm]do l[C]ove yo[Gsus4]u
The remainder [Dm]of the cake
[Gsus4]was wrapped in
little [C]boxes[Csus4][C]
And [Dm]sent to absent friend[Gsus4]s
like riches for [C]the poor
An[Dm]d in a f[C]ai[F]rytale,[G]
they'd all live [C]happy [G]ever after[Am]
[G]But [C]now she's [Dm]somewhere far away
[Gsus4]An d he's knocki[Dm]ng
[C]on my [Bb]door[Gsus4][G]
And I could not [Dm]love him [Gsus4]less
I never [G]loved [Gsus4]him more[G][C]
[Csus4]Oh, oh, o[C]h, oh, [Bb]oh,
oh, oh, [C]oh. [Csus4]you[C]