Speak Now

[Intro]
| G | - |

[Verse 1]
G                    D
I am not the kind of girl,
              Am                     C
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion.
    G                       D
But you are not the kind of boy,
              Am                      C
who should be marrying the wrong girl.

[Verse 2]
G                       D
I sneak in and see your friends,
        Am                       C
And her snotty little family all dressed in pastel.
    G                   D
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid,
          Am
Somewhere back inside a room,
              C
wearing a gown shaped like a pastry.

[Pre-Chorus]
Am   C  G                                    D  Dsus4 D
This is surely not what you thought it would be.
Am
I
C                 D                              G
 lose myself in a daydream where I stand and say:

[Chorus]
                 D            Dsus4 D
''Don't say yes, run away now.
     Am
I'll meet you when you're out,
       C                       G
Of the church at the back door.
              D                Dsus4 D
Don't wait or say a single vow.
    Am
You need to hear me out,
         C
And they said: "Speak now."

[Guitar Solo 1]
         | G | D |
| Am | C |

[Verse 3]
G                   D
Fond gestures are exchanged,
        Am                               C
And the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a
death march.
    G                  D
And I am hiding in the curtains.
              Am
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bridetobe.

[Pre-Chorus]
Am  C                            G
She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen.
D Dsus4 D    Am C        D              Dsus4
         But I  know you wish it was me.
You wish it was me.
Don't you?

[Chorus]
G               D            Dsus4 D
 Don't say yes, run away now.
     Am
I'll meet you when you're out,
       C                       G
Of the church at the back door.
              D                Dsus4 D
Don't wait or say a single vow.
    Am
You need to hear me out,
         C                 G
And they said: "Speak now."
               D            Dsus4 D
Don't say yes, run away now.
     Am
I'll meet you when you're out,
       C                       G
Of the church at the back door.
              D                Dsus4 D
Don't wait or say a single vow.
    Am
You need to hear me out,
         C
And they said: "Speak now."

[Guitar Solo 2]
G D  Dsus4 D Am     C G D  Dsus4 D Am C
  Oh,        oh, oh,    oh,        oh.

[Break]
Em
I hear the preacher say:
C                     G         D
"Speak now or forever hold your peace.''
Am
There's the silence,
there's my last chance.
C
I stand up with shaking hands,
    D
all eyes on me.
Am                   C
Horrified looks from everyone in the room,
    D
But I'm only looking at you.

[Verse 4]
G                    D
I am not the kind of girl,
              Am                     C
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion.
    G                       D
But you are not the kind of boy,
              Am                      C
Who should be marrying the wrong girl.

[Chorus]
G                  D            Dsus4 D
 So don't say yes, run away now.
     Am
I'll meet you when you're out,
       C                       G
Of the church at the back door.
              D                Dsus4 D
Don't wait or say a single vow.
    Am
You need to hear me out,
         C                 G
And they said: "Speak now."
                     D            Dsus4 D
And you say: ''Let's run away now.
     Am
I'll meet you when I'm out,
      C                    G
Of my tux at the back door.
        D                  Dsus4 D
Baby, I didn't say my vows.
   Am
So glad you were around,
          C                 G
When they said: "Speak now."