Someday never comes    (video)

 

    A ~ ~

 

      A                    E                   F#m               Dm

1. First thing I remember, I was asking papa, why,

            A                         F                       A

    for there were many things, I didn’t know.

A                                    E      - F#m                                 D

    And daddy always smiled           and took me by the hand,

                  A           - E                       A

    saying someday,       you’ll understand.

 

                 E                                             A

Well, I’m here to tell you now, each and every mother’s son,

         E                                  A

you better learn it fast, you better learn it young,

            Bm        - D              A

’cause someday....y never comes.

 

              A                             E   - F#m              Dm

2. Well, time and tears went by,            and I collected dust,

             A                       F                       A

    for there were many things I didn’t know.

A                                     E  - F#m                                   D

    When daddy went away,           he said ‘ try to be a man’,

              A          - E                      A

    and someday       you’ll understand.

 

+  CHORUS

 

              A                      E     - F#m                      Dm

3. And then one day in April,          I wasn’t even there,

            A                         F                      A

    for there were many things I didn’t know.

A                     E               - F#m                            D

    A son was born to me,             mama held his hand,

                  A           - E                       A

    saying someday        you’ll understand.

 

+  CHORUS

 

             Bm        - D              A

+  Oh,  someday....y never comes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 3rd here)

 

        A                     E                F#m             Dm

4. Think it was September, the year I went away,

             A                      Dm                    A

    for there were many things I didn’t know.

A                                 E          - F#m                          D

    And I still see him standing,           trying to be a man,

               A             - E                       A

    I said someday,        you’ll understand.

 

                 E                                             A

Well, I’m here to tell you now, each and every mother’s son,

         E                                  A

you better learn it fast, you better learn it young,

            Bm        - D              A

’cause someday....y never comes.

 

             Bm        - D              A

+  Oh,  someday....y never comes.

 

+  Bm - A - Bm - A (2x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Creedence Clearwater Revival)