He Never Came Back chords by Dave Van Ronk

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



   VERSE 1:
 E             A
I went into a restaurant as hungry as a bear,
  E           A
And like a raving maniac I grabbed the bill of fare
  E                    A
The waiter said "what will you have," "give me a steak" I say
  E                B7       E
He took my order 'bout his head and slowly walked away


   CHORUS:
   Slow, almost as a waltz:
    E     A    B7     E
And he never came back, he never came back,
     E         B7
Though I waited an hour or more
    E      A      B7        E
Oh his face I will break, if he don't bring that steak,
    E      B7    E
When we meet on that beautiful shore

   VERSE 2:
 E                  A
A jay who lived down on the farm came into see the town,
E               A
Registered at Smith's hotel as Mr Hayseed Brown
 E               A
A jay he was so y'all admit with whiskers green as grass,
    E                 B7        E
Pulled off his shoes jumped into bed and then blew out the gas

   CHORUS:
    E     A    B7     E
And he never came back, he never came back,
  E           B7
And as they broke down the door,
    E       A     B7         E
Oh the last words he said, just before he dropped dead,
      B7           E
Were "we'll meet on that beautiful shore"

   VERSE 3:
 E             A
I went into a circus show, I took my mother in law
  E                   A
She laughed at everything she saw 'til she nearly broke her jaw
  E              A
Nearby I saw a big balloon which proved to be my friend
  E                 B7       E
I threw her in, I cut the rope, and up she did ascend

   CHORUS:
    E     A     B7     E
And she never came back, she never came back,
     E           B7
Though we waited for six days or more
  E          A      B7    E
Oh, there's one thing I know, I will go down below,
   E      B7    E
If we meet on that beautiful shore