Biography:
Linda Thompson (born Linda Pettifer) started her singing career in the 1960s, doing advertising jingles for money and singing in folk clubs for enjoyment. She changed her name to Linda Peters, and was romantically linked to Martin Carthy before working with Richard Thompson, whom she married in 1972. As part of Richard & Linda Thompson she sang on a string of critically acclaimed albums until a bitter split in 1982. After battling voice problems over the years since, she resurfaced with a solo album in 1996, and has worked sporadically since.
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Linda Thompson - Never The Bride
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
At sixteen I fell for Billy
F C
He was a tall and bonny youth
G
A friend to every pretty girl
F D
But a stranger to the truth
[Verse 2]
G
He swore he loved me dearly
F C
I swore I’d not upset him
G
But he said he couldn’t marry me
F D
His wife would never let him
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
[Verse 3]
G
I took up with Jack at seventeen
F C
No finer boy I knew
G
He said I was the air he breathed
F D
And I believed his words were true
[Verse 4]
G
He worked the docks at Liverpool
F C
Loading steamers bound for Spain
G
But his heart was young and restless
F D
And he soon sailed away
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
[Instrumental]
Em Am C D Em G C D
[Verse 5]
G
I turned eighteen that summer
F C
And I wore John Dawson’s ring
G
He sailed for Valparaiso
F D
And I waited ‘til the spring
[Verse 6]
G
I turned away all others
F C
And I slept alone each night
G
When I cried, ‘twas not for Johnny
F D
‘Twas for my sorry life
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
At sixteen I fell for Billy
F C
He was a tall and bonny youth
G
A friend to every pretty girl
F D
But a stranger to the truth
[Verse 2]
G
He swore he loved me dearly
F C
I swore I’d not upset him
G
But he said he couldn’t marry me
F D
His wife would never let him
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
[Verse 3]
G
I took up with Jack at seventeen
F C
No finer boy I knew
G
He said I was the air he breathed
F D
And I believed his words were true
[Verse 4]
G
He worked the docks at Liverpool
F C
Loading steamers bound for Spain
G
But his heart was young and restless
F D
And he soon sailed away
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
[Instrumental]
Em Am C D Em G C D
[Verse 5]
G
I turned eighteen that summer
F C
And I wore John Dawson’s ring
G
He sailed for Valparaiso
F D
And I waited ‘til the spring
[Verse 6]
G
I turned away all others
F C
And I slept alone each night
G
When I cried, ‘twas not for Johnny
F D
‘Twas for my sorry life
[Chorus]
G
Oh, oh, oh, never the bride
F
Never the bride
Em C D
Show me a man with only one side
G F
I’m bound to live a single life
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
Em D
Never, oh, never the bride
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