Key: E
Introduction: B D E
E
When we first met she seemed perfectly normal. I never dreamed she'd make my life so hard
A
You see, my baby, she started to change, started lookin' kinda strange
E
Wearin' all that white makeup and those black leotards
B A
Well, I guess she kept her little secret pretty well
E
Now, ever since I learned the horrible truth, you know my life has been a living hell, that's right, you see
D A E Ab B
She never told me she was a mime
D A E Ab B
She never told me she was a mime, oh no
D A E
Actin' like she's trapped inside a big glass box all the time
D A
She never told me, she never told me whe was a...
B E
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mime
E
I wish we both could just talk it all over, but my baby won't even make a sound
A
Now she makes everybody sick, doin' that pantomime shtick
E
Even our old friends have stopped coming around
B A D
Well, my parents can't stand her and our neighbors hate her guts
E
She's really, really embarrassing me... this silent treatment's driving me nuts, you see...
D A E Ab B
She never told me she was a mime
D A E Ab B
She never told me she was a mime, oh no
D A E
Actin' like she's trapped inside a big glass box all the time ... what a crime
D A E
She never told me (she never told me) she never told me she was a mime
B E
She walks against the wind everywhere we go
A D
Stops at every corner, gotta put on a show
B E
Carries 'round a picture of Marcel Marceau
A F#m B G E
Always the quiet type, but how was I to know?
D A E Ab B
She never told me she was a mime
D A E Ab B
She never told me she was a mime, oh no
D A E
Actin' like she's trapped inside a big glass box all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yime
D A E
She never told me, she never told me whe was a mime
D B
She never told me, she never told me
E
She never, she never told me she was a mime
D B
She never told me, she never told me
E
She never, she never told me she was a mime
D B
She never told me, she never told me, she never told me, she never told me
E
She never, she never told me she was a mime
D B
She never told me, she never told me, she never told me, she never told me
E
She never, she never told me she was a mime
D B E G D G B G E
She was a mime, she was a mime, she was a Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mime