e: Sat, 23 May 1998 23:16:33 +0200 (CEST)
From: Peter Eybert
Subject: h/hollies/too_young_to_be_married.crd
Too young to be married
written by Tony Hicks
performed by The Hollies
from «Confessions of the mind», 1970
transcribed by Peter Eybert
Normal tuning EADgbe, use a capo on the second fret.
Pattern for D — Em7:
^ ^ v ^ ^ v
e|——2——-3-3-|——2——-3-3-|
b|——3——-3-3-|——3——-3-3-|
g|——2——-0—|——2——-0—|
D|-0——-0h2——|-0——-0h2——|
A|——————|——————|
E|——————|——————|
D Em7 D Em7
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
She wakes up early every morning,
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
she gets up long before the sunshine,
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
greets the milkman who’s still yawning
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
and reads the paper for a short time.
A D Em7 D Em7
Calls the kids «Get out of bed»,
A D Em7 D
they never hear a word she says.
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D
Husband stands to leave the table,
Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D
she says «I hope you have a good day.»
Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D
he thinks «One day soon as I’m able,
Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
I’ll get a job where I get good pay.»
A D Em7 D Em7
They find it hard to make ends meet.
A Bm
But they don’t mention it, because they have each other
G A
and love is free, while they’re supposed to be
D G D G D G A
too young to be married, too young to be free,
D G D G
too young to be married, but what can they do:
G D A
they were gonna have a baby.
SOLO
Bm Em F# G A
D A G A
F G A
F G A
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
After the kids have had their breakfast
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
now they’re off to get some schoolin’
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
she cleans the house and makes the beds
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7
she starts to dream but knows she’s foolin’
A D Em7 D
she swears one day she’ll stay in bed,
A Bm
but for now she knows she’s got to keep on working,
G A
’cause round and round inside her head she hears the words her mother
said:
D G D G D G A
Too young to be married, too young to be free,
D G D G
too young to be married, but what could they do:
G D A
they were gonna have a baby.
D G D G D G A
Too young to be married, too young to be free,
D G D Gmaj7 C D C
too young to be married, but what could they do?
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