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Aubrey

Aubrey was written and composed by David Gates for the album Guitar Man by the band Bread, released in 1972. The song is a melancholic reflection on a girl named Aubrey and the unattainability of a lost love.

Key: G

Introduction:  G   D/F#   Em   G7M   C   C/B   Am7   Am7/D   G   D/F#   Em   G7M   C   C/B   Am7   Am7/D  

              G       D/F#  Em         Em9M   G7M 
But who' s to blame           for a love
               Em/C#   C7M 
That wouldn' t bloom
                           Em7               Em9 
For the hearts that never played in tune

 Am7            G/B          C             G/B 
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing
 Am7            G/B                   C               Em/C# 
Take away the words that rhyme, it doesn' t mean a thing

 G      D/F#            Em    G7M 
  And Aubrey was her name
                C                 C/B              Am7   Am7/D 
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon

               G       D/F#  Em         Em9M  G7M      Em/C# 
But where was June?           No it ne.....ver came around
 C7M                     Em7             Em9 
     If it did, it never made a sound

 Am7          G/B            C              G/B 
Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast
 Am7               G/B                 C              Em/C# 
Catching all the words but then the meaning going past

 G7M  Em9M                       Em7 
              And God, I miss the girl
         G7                              C 
And I' d go a thousand times around the world just to be
 Cm                     G 
Closer to her than to me

 G      D/F#            Em    G7M 
  And Aubrey was her name
         C               C/B                 Am7   Am7/D 
I never knew her but I loved her just the same

             G      D/F#  Em              Em9M   G7M              Em/C# 
I loved her name.         Wished that I             had found a way
 C7M                                      Em7    Em9 
      And the reasons that would make her stay

 Am7                G/B          C                   G/B 
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest
 Am7                  G/B               C               Em/C# 
If I can' t have the one I want, I' ll do without the best

 G7M  Em9M                    Em7 
            Oh, how I miss the girl
         G7                             C 
And I' d go a million times around the world just to say
 Cm                       G 
She had been mine for a day.