Intro
C G/B Am Cmaj7 F F/E Dm7 Dm7/G
C G/B Am Cmaj7
And Aubrey was her name
F F/E Dm7 Dm7/G
D not so very ordinary girl or name
[Verse 1]
C G/B Am Ammaj9 Cmaj7
But who's to blame for a love
Am/F# Fmaj7
That wouldn't bloom
Am7 Am9
For the hearts that never played in tune
[Chorus 1]
Dm7 C/E F C/E
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing
Dm7 C/E F Am/F#
Take away the words that rhyme, it doesn't mean a thing
Am7 Gsus4 G
[Intro Repeat]
C G/B Am Cmaj7
And Aubrey was her name
F F/E Dm7 Dm7/G
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon
[Verse 2]
C G/B Am Ammaj9 Cmaj7 Am/F#
But where was June? No it ne.....ver came around
Fmaj7 Am7 Am9
If it did, it never made a sound
[Chorus 1]
Dm7 C/E F C/E
Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast
Dm7 C/E F Am/F#
Catching all the words but then the meaning going past
[Chorus 2]
Cmaj7 Ammaj9 Am7
And God, I miss the girl
C7 F
And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
Fm C
Closer to her than to me
[Instrumental]
G/B Am Cmaj7 F F/E Dm7 Dm7/G
[Intro Repeat]
C G/B Am Cmaj7
And Aubrey was her name
F F/E Dm7 Dm7/G
I never knew her but I loved her just the same
[Verse 3]
C G/B Am Ammaj9 Cmaj7 Am/F#
I loved her name. Wished that I had found a way
Fmaj7 Am7 Am9
And the reasons that would make her stay
[Chorus 1]
Dm7 C/E F C/E
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest
Dm7 C/E F Am/F#
If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best
[Chorus 3]
Cmaj7 Ammaj9 Am7
Oh, how I miss the girl
C7 F
And I'd go a million times around the world just to say
Fm C
She had been mine for a day.