Never Tell Chords by Violent Femmes

_ _ _ Hey [Bb] sister
Have you [C] heard?
[Dm] _ Some people stand like [Bb] trees
[C] without a [Dm] word
_ _ What that [Bb] means is that some [C] people [D] don't talk
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ Oh, please pardon me mister
I [C] didn't hear [D] you
That first time that you said [Bb] that
_ [C] But now [A] that
You repeated it for me
[B] I'll [C] do what I [A] can
[D] _
I'll [C] do what I can
And [D] I'll do what I can
Do what I can
[Bb] Do [C] what I can
[A] Do what I can
Do what I can
_ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [D] But no [Bb] more [C] You understand?
[Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Oh please pardon me [Bb] father You know
[C] I didn't [D] hear [A] you
That _ [Bb] first [B] time [D] that you said that
But [Bb] now that
[C] You repeated it for me
[D] _ [A] I'll [Bb] do _ [C] what I [A] can
I'll do what I [Bb] can
Do [C] what I [A] can
Do what I can
Do what I [Bb] can
Do [C] what I [A] can _
But [Bb] no more [C] You understand?
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ It's of utmost [A] importance
We're dealing with volatile [Bb] substance
It's of utmost [A] importance
We're dealing with volatile substance
[Bb] It's of utmost importance
[Am] _ We're dealing with volatile [Bb] substance
It's of utmost [Am] importance
We're dealing with Volatile [F] substance
[G] I've had so [Bb] much
[C] On my mind
I [G] was so [Bb] [C] glad
When I _ died
_ _ Ahhhh
[Dm] _ [D] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ Listen to me, baby.
_ [C] _ _ [D] Can you keep a secret [Bb] for me?
[C] _ _ [D] _ [Am] Make sure no one [Bb] finds out.
[B] _ _ [D] _ Cause then the lights [Bb] will go out.
[B] _ _ [D] _ And I will find you [Bb] out.
_ [B] _ _ [A] And I will [D] cut you up.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [D] _
Don't [Bb] ask me why, because [B] I said, I said, [D] I said, I'm gonna do what I can.
Do what [Bb] I can.
Do, do, [C] do, do what I can.
Do what I _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D]
can.
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _
I'll have none of [Bb] that.
[C] You [Cm] understand? _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] Don't you know nothing?
[B] You never [C] tell [D] someone.
Don't you know [Bb] nothing?
[C] You never tell someone.
[A] Don't [D] you know [Bb] nothing?
You never tell [A] someone.
Don't you know [Bb] nothing?
You [C] ain't never gonna tell [A] someone.
What are you gonna do?
You gonna [Bb] turn?
You gonna [C] turn rat bait?
[D] What do you wanna do?
You wanna see?
[Bb] Fuck [C] you up like a snake.
[Dm] Sink down, sink down, sink down.
Down, down to the bottom of the river.
Sink down, sink, sink down.
Down, down to the bottom of the river.
Sink down, sink, sink down.
Down, down to the bottom of the river.
Sink down, sink, sink down.
Down, down to the bottom of the river.
Don't you know no one?
[Bb] You never tell [D] someone.
[Dm] Don't you know no one?
You never [C] tell someone.
[D] Don't you know no one?
You never [C] tell someone.
[Dm] Don't you know no one?
[Bb] You ain't never gonna tell [D] someone. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] I'll tell you what it's like.
[A] I'll tell you what it's like.
[C] _ [D] I'll tell _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [D] _ you what it's like. _
[B] I'll tell you what [D] it's like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
[Bb] _
[C] I'll tell you what it's like.
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] I'll [C] tell you what it's like.
[D] _ _ [Bb] I'll tell [C] you what it's [Bb] like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
_ I'll [D] tell you what it's like.
[Bb] I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll tell [Dm] you what it's like.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
[D] I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll tell you what it's like.
I'll [Bb] tell you what _ [B] _ [Dm] it's like. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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