Todd Snider - Brenda

Met on a ^Bbtrain goin’ some^Abm7where fast He could see ^F#what she had right on ^Dbsus To^F#gether they build up an ^Ab7empire so vast That ^F#susno one and nothin’ could stop ^Dbsusthem

He looked ^F#like a man of the ^Ab7people ^DbShe looked ^F#high as hell at the ball^B Of course they ^F#made everybody so ^Ab9jealous ^D/F#But no one could touch ‘em et all, ^Dbit was true, love

^F#What while the rabbles was res^F#/C#tin’ They conquered the world ^F#and beyond ^{F#/C# Ab7}With each ^F#new insatiable ambi^Bmtion They tested and strengthened ^Db/Ftheir bond ^Dbsus

He w^F#asn’t nearly as ^Bdriven ^F#/C# She wasn’t ^F#nearly as fun ^Dbsus But together they ^Bb7was quite a combi^Dbmnation When it come ^Bdown to gettin’ it done, it was ^F#tru--^Ebmue lo--^Abm9ve, ^F#/C#true love ^F7Wha ooh ooh ooh ^F#/C#ooh ooh ooh

They amassed ^F#unspeakable fortunes and ^Dbshe still wasn’t satisf^Ab/Cied ^B/F# So ^F#he fell out to ^Bbmfind what she wanted in her ^Db2mind, what a hell of a ^Abm9ride ^F#/C# Bought private ^Bbmjet planes and castles ^Dbm7 Took every ^Bmaj9pleasure that they could ^Dbsus Well, ^F#7good love ^F#comes with its troubles ^F#/C#Where things, things wouldn’t ^F#always be good, it was ^F#/C#true love

There was a few ^Bbmtimes that she ^Bcheated There was ^Dbeven some times ^F#when they split ^{Bbm Db}But she upped ^F#and went and he ^Bbmgot arrested And she put ^F#/C#up with it, it ^F#was drugs till he ^Bbcame around

^DbCause what ^F#mattered was ^Bbmkeepin’ that feeling ^Db What ^F#7mattered was ^Bbm7stayin’ on top^{Abm7 Db}Some say what’s ^Bbkeepin’ them tog^Bether so long ^DbsusIs feelin’ they’ve al^F#/Bbready thought they could dr^Dbsusop, it’s ^F#tr-ue-^Db7ue ^F#love, ^Db7true, ^Dbsustrue ^F#love Wha ^Dbooh wha ooh ooh ^Ab7ooh ooh

^F#These days he’s callin’ ^F#/Bbher Brenda, that wasn’t a^Dblways her name ^{Abm7 Db}That opened them to so ^Bbsusmany changes as they weath^Abmered the pressures of ch^Bange ^DbNot long ago she ^F#/Bbalmost lost him, ^F#lesser man might’ve ^F#/Bbbeen dead ^DbsusBut just when ^F#susshe thought he ^F#/Bbmight be giving up, he ^Abm7was back up in business ^Abm9instead, it was true love

^DbTonight I’m sure he’s in some ^Btavern, smokin’,^F# he’s drinkin’ it in ^{B Abm7}And I’m sure she’s ^F#holed up in that office, cruchin’ the numbers again ^{Db/F Db}He’s livin’ it ^F#up while she’s ^Bworkin’, ^DbsusI guess ^F#that’s just about ^Bbm7right ^F#Mick Jagger was born ^B/Ebon a Monday morning, ^Ab7susKeith Richards ^F#was born ^Bon a Saturday night ^F#It was true It was ^F#/Ftr ^F#ue, ^F#it was true, it was ^Dbsustrue ^Blove Bmaj9 F# B It was tr--u--u--ue, ^Dbmit was ^F#true love