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They Never Met by Martin Mull
They Never Met
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Bb
[verse]
Cm F Bb
The boy was almost 48 years old
Cm F Bb
All he'd ever gone to bed with was a cold
Am Gm
And he said to his momma momma I'm afraid it's true
Cm F
Only woman that could love me is you
[verse]
Cm F Bb
The girl could almost drink her age in beer
Cm F Bb
Couple cases give or take a year
Am Gm
She worked at the hospital hey lots of people do
Cm F
That's where they fell in love oh God I wish that was true
[bridge]
Eb Bb
But they never met not even briefly
Am Gm
I know what you thought you thought that they might
Eb Bb
Now what was the problem the problem was chiefly
Cm F Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night
[bridge]
Eb Bb
They never met not even informally
Am Gm
I know you thought things like this work out right
Eb Bb
No no they never met not even abnormally
Cm F Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night
[verse]
Cm F Bb
And now the boy is almost 59
Cm F Bb Gm
You ask him "how's it goin' Frank?", he says "fine"
Am Gm
And what's become of momma well momma's in a better place
Cm F
And he points his finger right straight out in space
[verse]
Cm F Bb
The girl is finally chief admitting nurse
Cm F Bb
Considering what she had for brains it could be worse
Am Gm
She could have been a victim of the dreaded Asian flu
Cm F
She could have had to live with you know who
[bridge]
Eb Bb
But they never met not even briefly
Am Gm
I know what you thought you thought that they might
Eb Bb
Now what was the problem the problem was chiefly
Cm F Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night
[verse]
Cm F Bb
And now the boy has gone to meet his mom
Cm F Bb
Natural causes the bottle not the bomb
Am Gm
They found him in the dining room his face was in a stew
Cm F
They dressed him in suit of shiny blue
[verse]
Cm F Bb
And that same year the girl gave up the ghost
Cm F Bb
The minister said she'd be missed the most
Am Gm
Her patients cried a tear recalling how she'd signed the cast
Cm F
The nurses said she'd find a man at last
[bridge]
Eb Bb
But they never met not even briefly
Am Gm
I know what you thought you thought that they might
Eb Bb
Now what was the problem the problem was chiefly
Cm F Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night
[bridge]
Eb Bb
But they never met not even in spirit
Am Gm
I know you thought things like this work out right
Eb Bb
Oh no she went to heaven and he's nowhere near it
[outro]
Cm F Bb
She worked the day shift and he worked the night
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