G G G G

G   G                  D   D
I am not the kind of girl
               Am    Am              C           C
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
    G   G                    D  D
But you are not the kind of boy
              Am       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
I lose myself in a daydream where I stand and say

G              D
Don't say yes, run away now
Am                                   C                      G
I'll meet you when you're out of the church at the backdoor
              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am                               C
You need to hear me out and they said speak now

G D Am C

G                D
Fun 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                      C
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be

Am  C                            G              D
She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
Am    C        D                   D
But I know you wish it was me, you wish it was me
Don't you?

G              D
Don't say yes, run away now
Am                                   C                      G
I'll meet you when you're out of the church at the backdoor
              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am                               C
You need to hear me out and they said speak now

G              D
Don't say yes, run away now
Am                                   C                      G
I'll meet you when you’re out of the church at the backdoor
              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am                                C
Your time is running out and they said speak now

(G D Am C)x2

Am                      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        Am         C               C
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
    D        D          D
But I'm only looking at you


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


G              D
Don't say yes, run away now
Am                                   C                      G
I'll meet you when you're out of the church at the backdoor
              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am                               C
You need to hear me out and they said speak now

G                D
And you say lets run away now
Am                           C                   G
I'll meet when I'm out of my tux at the backdoor
       D                   Am
Baby I didn't say my vows, so glad you were around
          C                  G