Year: 1972 - Album: The Best of Bread
Written by David Gates
Intro: G G5 C Am7 Dsus4 D G G/F# Em Gmaj7 And Aubrey was her name C C/B Am7 Am7/D A not so very ordinary girl or name G G/F# Em Gmaj7 C G But who's to blame for a love that wouldn't bloom Cmaj7 G Gmaj7 For the hearts that never played in tune Am7 G/B C G/B Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing Am7 G/B C Em9 Take away the words that rhyme, it doesn't mean a thing Am D7sus D7 G G/F# Em Gmaj7 And Aubrey was her name C C/B Am7 Am7/D We tripped the light and danced together to the moon G G/F# Em Gmaj7 C G But where was June? No it never came around Cmaj7 G Gmaj7 If it did, it never made a sound Am7 G/B C G/B Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast Am7 G/B C Em9 Catching all the words but then the meaning going past G B7 Em And God, I miss the girl G C And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be Cm G Closer to her than to me G G/F# Em Gmaj7 And Aubrey was her name C C/B Am7 Am7/D I never knew her but I loved her just the same G G/F# Em Gmaj7 C G I loved her name. Wished that I had found a way Cmaj7 G Gmaj7 And the reasons that would make her stay Am7 G/B C G/B I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest Am7 G/B C Em9 If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best G B7 Em Oh, how I miss the girl G C And I'd go a million times around the world just to say Cm G She had been mine for a day.