Never Love An Anchor Uke tab by The Crane Wives

5 Chords used in the song: Am, C, F, D, E

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Year:  2015
Difficulty: 
3.7
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
Intro -x2-: Am  C    F

Chorus:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh woh oh oh woh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh woh oh oh woh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh oh

Verse 1:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
On some level I think I always understood
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
That these hands of mine were clumsy not clever
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
And I tried to do the best that I could
D chordD F chordF
But try as I might I could not bring myself to hold you

Interlude -x2-: Am C F

Verse 2:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
It's a secret I keep tucked inside my chest
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
With this heart of mine thats guilty not remorseful
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
There is love that doesn't have a place to rest
D chordD F chordF
But it would have buried you if it had settled on your shoulder

Interlude: Am chordAm C chordC F chordF

Chorus:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh woh oh oh woh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh oh

Verse 3:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
On some level I think I always understood
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
That a ship could never really love an anchor
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
So I did the only thing that I could
D chordD F chordF
And severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor

Interlude -x2-: Am C F

Verse 4:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
There are times where I still wonder a-bout you
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
You are someone I have loved but never known
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
And you'll never see the reasons I had
D chordD F chordF
For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

Verse 5:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
I am selfish I am broken I am cruel
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
I am all the things they might have said to you
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Do you ever think of me and my two hands
D chordD
And wondered why
F chordF
They never soothed your fevers
D chordD
And wondered why
F chordF
They never tied your shoes
D chordD
And wondered why
F chordF
They never held you gently
D chordD
And wondered why
F chordF E chordE
They never had the chance to lose you

Chorus:
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh woh oh oh woh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh woh oh oh woh oh
Am chordAm C chordC F chordF
Oh woh oh oh oh oh

Outro -x2-: Am C F

Uke tab by , 28 Feb 2024

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