Speak Now

G G

[Verse]

G                    D
I am not the kind of girl
              Am
Who should be rudely barging in
     C
On a white veil occasion
    G                       D
But you are not the kind of boy
              Am                    C -stop
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

G                       D
I sneak in and see your friends
        Am
And her snotty little family
    C
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

Am      C      G
Thi--is i---is surely not
                          D
What you thought it would be

Am   C                  D
E|---| I  lose myself in a daydream 

Where I stand and say

[Chorus]

G                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
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
You need to hear me out
         C -stop
And they said "Speak Now"

[Instrumental]

G D Am C

[Verse]

G                   D
Fond gestures are exchanged
        Am
And the organ starts to play a song
     C
That sounds like a death march
    G                     D
And I am hiding in the curtains
              Am
It seems that I was uninvited
        C
By your lovely bride-to-be

Am      C
She---e floats down the aisle
       G            D
Like a pageant queen
    Am   C
But I--I kno--ow
    G
You wish it was me
    D - stop
You wish it was me- Don't you?

[Chorus]

G                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
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
You need to hear me out
         C               G
And they said "Speak Now"
                 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
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
Your time is running out
         C               G
And they said "Speak Now"

  D    Am    C    G
Ohooho laaaahhoh
D                  Am          C
Oooh (Say a single vow) ooohooh

[Verse]

Em* -Once               C*
I hear the preacher say speak now
           G*        D*   D
Or forever hold your pe---ace
Am
There's a silence, there's my last chance
C
I stand up with shaky hands
    G       D - once
All eyes on me
Am                        C
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
    D                   D - once
But I'm only lookin' at you

G                    D
I am not the kind of girl

              Am
Who should be rudely barging in
     C
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
 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
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
You need to hear me out
     C               G
They said "Speak Now"
                   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
Baby, I didn't say my vows
   Am
So glad you were around
          C                  G - once
When they said "Speak no--ow"

• Am
• C
• D
• G