Speak Now

Chords

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[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

G                         D                am
I sneak in and see your friends, and her snotty little family
      C
All dressed in pastel
     G                    D                    am
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid, somewhere back inside a room
            C
Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry

am   C   G                                   D
This is surely not what you thought it would be
am  C               D                    G
I lose myself in a daydream I stand and say

[Chorus]

G               D
Don?t say yes, run away now
      am                               C
I?ll meet you when you?re out of the church at the backdoor
G              D
Don?t wait or say a single vow
      am                          C             G
You need to hear me out and they said speak now

G D am C

[Verse 2]

Fun gestures are exchanged
And the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march
And I am hiding in the curtains
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be

She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
But I know you wish it was me, you wish it was me
Don?t you?

[Chorus repeated]2x

G D am C (2x)

em                       C                    G         D
I hear the preacher say speak now or forever hold your peace
am
There?s the silence, there?s my last chance
C                                   D
I stand up with shaking hands, all eyes on me
am                     C
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
     D
But I?m only looking at you

[Verse 1 repeated]

I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

[Chorus repeated]2x