G G7
1. I found her diary
underneath the tree,
C G
and started reading about me.
G7
The words she’d written took
me by surprise,
C
G
you’d never read them in her
eyes.
Cm G D7 B7
Em - G7
They said that she had found
the love she’d waited for.
C G - C G
Wouldn’t you know it? She wouldn’t show it.
G G7
2. Then she, confronted with the
writing there,
C G
simply pretended not to care.
G7
I passed it off as just in
keeping with
C G
her total disconcerting air.
Cm G D7 B7 Em - G7 -C
And though she tried to hide
the love that she deni………...ed.
G - C G
Wouldn’t you know it? She wouldn’t show it.
D7 B7 Em G7 C
And as I go through my life
Am7 D
D7 G
I will give to her, my wife,
C B7
All the sweet things I can find.
G G7
3. I found her diary underneath
the tree
C G
and started reading about me.
G7
The words began to stick, then
tears to flow,
C
G
her meaning now was clear to
see.
Cm G D7 B7 Em - G7
The love she’d waited for was
someone else, not m…....e.
C G - C G
Wouldn’t you know it? She wouldn’t show it.
D B7 Em
G7 C
And as I go through my life,
Am D
D7 G
I will wish for her, his wife,
C G
all the sweet things she can
find,
C D G
all the sweet things they can
find.
(Bread)