Natalie Merchant - If No One Ever Marries Me

if no one ever marries me – natalie merchant
from the album ’leave your sleep’ ( 2010 )
lyrics from a poem by laurence alma – tadema ( 1865 – 1940 )
chorded by leonard

the first G chords in intro and verses need some variation on the B – string : 3 to 1 to 0 .

G C D C G Em

G
well if no one ever marries me
C
and i don’t see why they should
D
nurse says i’m not pretty
C G Em
and you know i’m seldom good , seldom good

G
well if no one ever marries me
C
i shan’t mind very much
D
i’ll buy a squirrel in a cage
C G
and a little rabbit – hutch

C
if no one marries me
Am G D
if no one marries me
C
if no one marries me
Am G D
if no one marries me
Em
well if no one marries me

G
i’ll have a cottage near a wood
C
and a pony all my own
D
a little lamb quite clean and tame
C G
that i can take to town

G
when i’m really getting old
C
at twenty – eight or nine
D
i’ll buy myself a little orphan – girl
C G
and bring her up as mine

C
if no one marries me
Am G D
if no one marries me
C
if no one marries me
Am G D
no one marries me
C
well if no one marries me
Am G D
marries me
C
well if no one marries me
Am G D
marries me
Em
well if no one marries me