[INTRO:] G* G   G*   G    G* G   G*   G


[VERSE 1:]

The doorknob needs mending
C                    ~ Am
Letters need sending
                   D
The kitchen's a disgrace
Am                    D
Grease all over the place


[VERSE 2:]
  G
I see your pretty picture
            C                   ~ Am
The one you gave me last Easter
                D
Has a moustache drawn in green
           Am                     D
Where your lipstick should have been


[CHORUS:]
    G                            Em         C     Am
You never think of time, 'til it passes you by
               D     Am                  D
Never miss the water, 'til the well runs dry
    G                              Em          C       Am
You never count the days, 'til the nights grow cold
                   D              Am             D
Never think you're aged, 'til you realise you're old


[VERSE 3:]
    G
The ashtrays are brimful
   C                  ~ Am
My secrets are sinful
              D
And I drink a lot now
         Am               D
It's the only friend I've got now


[VERSE 4:]
    G
I'd write you a letter
              C                  ~ Am
But there's a hole in my sweater
              D
And I need to mend it
     Am                        D
So I wouldn't have the time to send it


[CHORUS:]
    G                            Em         C     Am
You never think of time, 'til it passes you by
               D     Am                  D
Never miss the water, 'til the well runs dry
    G                              Em          C       Am
You never count the days, 'til the nights grow cold
                   D              Am             D
Never think you're aged, 'til you realise you're old


[VERSE 5:]
  G
I could not live with you
         C                   ~ Am
But it's so hard without you
               D
I'm a helpless case
  Am               D
A misfit social disgrace


[VERSE 6:]
G
Maybe next century
     C                 ~ Am
I'll come to my senses
                    D
Work out the reason why
    Am                             D
You never miss the water, 'til the well runs dry


[CHORUS:]
    G                            Em         C     Am
You never think of time, 'til it passes you by
               D     Am                  D
Never miss the water, 'til the well runs dry
    G                              Em          C       Am
You never count the days, 'til the nights grow cold
                   D              Am             D
Never think you're aged, 'til you realise you're old