The Monkees – Never Tell A Woman Yes (Guitar)

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Oh my, my, my-

C                        A
In a dusty caravan was a girl with a golden tan

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And she asked me if I was headed to the east

                   C                A
I politely stepped aside and said I did not need a ride

         F              G                C
That I'd rather take my chances with the heat

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Well, when she turned and walked away I saw my big mistake

           F                        G
There were jewels on her body oh-so-rare

       C                       A
Had it been another day I just might have rode away

          F            G                C
With that woman riding off to God-knows-where

       C                                      A
So the years they came and went, and found me living in a tent

F           G             C      G
Far above a little marble stream

       C                                  A
And it may have been the light that shone out through the night

     F                  G                C
That attracted the hand scratching on my screen

       E                                 Am
When I cautiously looked out through the night there was no doubt

         F                           G
That the owner of that hand was that girl

     C                           A
So I bid her do come in and I'll open up a tin

          F                  G               C
If you'll tell me 'bout your trip around the world

          C                               A
Well, she said, "If you think back to the first time that we passed

    F                   G            C
I'm sure you'll picture me in all my jewels

       C                         A
It was shortly after then that I ran into another man

      F             G                     C
And I asked him the same question I asked you

        E                           Am
But now he, he didn't refuse and he took off of both his shoes

    F                            G
And climbed aboard my east-bound caravan

       C                         A
In the twinkling of the night he knocked me off the side

    F                 G             C
And left me there for dead upon the sand

      C                         A
And I thought I was done, lying naked in the sun

     F          G
When much to my surprise, who should pass?

         C                               A
But this old friend of yours, he said he knew you from the wars

      F               G                    C
And I told him that I thought you'd headed west

         E                                     Am
Well, he said he should have known, 'cause you like to be alone

    F                                  G
And that's the time I knew you were my one

     C                             A
So I asked him for a ride, just to get here by your side

    F                    G                 C
And stay here above this stream out of the sun"

C
Well, we sat quiet for a while

    A
And I began to smile

           F         G                   C     G
And I said well it's strange but I don't care

    C                                             A
And some nights when I'm at rest, I wonder if I'd said, "yes"

   F                          G                C
If she'd have come to me from God knows where

         E                                Am
Or would I have been the one to leave her lying in the sun

         F                           G
And then ended up with only precious stones

             C                   A
Or would the woman in my arms be giving me her charms

       F             G               C
If the answer that I gave her wasn't "no"

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