If No One Ever Marries Me

if no one ever marries me - natalie merchant from the album ’leave your sleep’ ( 2010 ) lyrics from a poem by laurence alma - tadema ( 1865 - 1940 ) chorded by leonard the first G chords in Intro and verses need some variation on the B - string : 3 to 1 to 0 . G C D C G Em G well if no one ever marries me C and i don’t see why they should D nurse says i’m not pretty C G Em and you know i’m seldom good , seldom good G well if no one ever marries me C i shan’t mind very much D i’ll buy a squirrel in a cage C G and a little rabbit - hutch C if no one marries me Am G D if no one marries me C if no one marries me Am G D if no one marries me Em well if no one marries me G i’ll have a cottage near a wood C and a pony all my own D a little lamb quite clean and tame C G that i can take to town G when i’m really getting old C at twenty - eight or nine D i’ll buy myself a little orphan - girl C G and bring her up as mine C if no one marries me Am G D if no one marries me C if no one marries me Am G D no one marries me C well if no one marries me Am G D marries me C well if no one marries me Am G D marries me Em well if no one marries me