G                    D
I am not the kind of girl
              Am
Who should be rudely barging in
     C           D
On a white veil occasion
    G                       D
But you are not the kind of boy
              Am                    C
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

G                       D
I sneak in and see your friends
        Am
And her snotty little family
    C            D
All dressed in pastel
    G                   D
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid
          Am
Somewhere back inside a room
          C                   D
Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry

Am      C      G
Thi--is i---is surely not
                          D
What you thought it would be
Am   C                  D
E|---| i  lose myself in a daydream

Where I stand and say

G               D
Don't say "yes" run away now
Am
I'll meet you when you're out
       C         C             G
Of the church at the back door
              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
You need to hear me out
         C           D
And they said "speak no-ow"

( G  D  Am  C  D )

G                   D
Fond gestures are exchanged
        Am
And the organ starts to play a song
     C              D
That sounds like a death march
    G                     D
And I am hiding in the curtains
              Am
It seems that I was uninvited
        C
By your lovely bride-to-be

  Am      C
She|---e floats down the aisle
       G            D
Like a pageant queen
    Am   C
But I--I kno--ow
    D
You wish it was me
    D
You wish it was me, don't you?

G               D
Don't say "yes" run away now
Am
I'll meet you when you're out
       C              D
Of the church at the back door
G              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
You need to hear me out
         C           D
And they said "speak no-ow"
G                D
Don't say "yes" run away now
Am
I'll meet you when you're out
       C             D
Of the church at the back door
G              D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
Your time is running out
         C           D
And they said "speak no-ow"

  D    Am    C    G
Ohooho laaaahhoh
D                    Am       C
Oooh(Say you see me now)ooohooh

Am                  C
I hear the preacher say speak now
              G           D
Or forever ho-old yo-ur pe-e-e-eace
Am
There's the silence, there's my last chance
C
I stand up with shaky hands
    D
All eyes on me
Am                    C
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
    D              
But I'm only lookin' at you

G                    D
I am not the kind of girl
              Am
Who should be rudely barging in
     C          D
On a white veil occasion
    G                       D
But you are not the kind of boy
              Am                     C
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

 G                 D
So don't say "yes" run away now
Am
I'll meet you when you're out
       C             D
Of the church at the back door
G             D
Don't wait or say a single vow
Am
You need to hear me out
  C              D
They said "speak no-ow"
G                  D
And you say "let's run away now
     Am
I'll meet you when I'm out
      C          D
Of my tux at the back door
G        D
Baby, I didn't say my vows
   Am
So glad you were around
          C          D   G
When they said "speak no-ow"