{title: Never let her slip away}
{artist: Andrew Gold}
{time: 12/8}
{tempo: 114}
{key: Bb}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{comment: 12/8, 4. = 114}
[Bb]
{start_of_part: Intro}
{comment: (drums)}
[Bb6] [Bb] [Bb6] [Bb] [EbM7] [Eb6] [EbM7] [Eb6]
[Bb6] [Bb] [Bb6] [Bb] [EbM7] [Eb6] [EbM7] [Eb6]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:12/8
L:1/8
K:Bb
%%scale 1.5
F | "Bb6"d3 d2 c "Bb"d2 d d2 c | "Bb6"d2 d3 "Bb"f7 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
I [Bb6]talked to my [Bb]baby on the [Bb6]tele[Bb]phone,
Long [EbM7]distance, [Eb6] [EbM7] [Eb6]
I [Bb6]never would've [Bb]guessed I could [Bb6]miss some[Bb]one
so [EbM7]bad, [Eb6] [EbM7]yeah [Eb6]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_abc}
X:2
M:12/8
L:1/8
K:Bb
%%scale 1.5
F | "Cm7"e2 e d2 d c2 c B2 B | "F9"A2 B3 c7 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
I [Cm7]really only met her 'bout a [F9]week ago,
But it [Dm7]doesn't seem to matter to my [G7sus]heart, I [G7]know
that I [Bb/Ab]love [Ab]her,
I'm [Ab/G]hoping that I [Gbdim7]never re[Bbsus/F]cov[Bb/F]er, [Gm7] [Cm7]
'Cause she's [Bb/Ab]good for [Ab]me,
And [Ddim]it would really [G7]make me [Cm7sus]hap[Cm7]py
To [Eb/F]never let her slip a[Bb6]way
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link (sax)}
[Bb6] [Bb] [Bb6] [Bb] [EbM7] [Eb6] [EbM7] [Eb6]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
I [Bb6]feel like a [Bb]kid with a [Bb6]teenage [Bb]crush
on a [EbM7]school day, [Eb6] (On a [EbM7]schoolday [Eb6]afternoon)
I [Bb6]feel like the [Bb]lead in [Bb6]Romeo and [Bb]Juli
[EbM7]et [Eb6] [EbM7]yeah [Eb6]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
I'm a [Cm7]little bit dizzy, I'm a [F9]little bit scared,
I [Dm7]guess I never felt this [G7sus]much a[G7]ware
that I [Bb/Ab]love [Ab]her,
I'm [Ab/G]hoping that I [Gbdim7]never re[Bbsus/F]co[Bb/F]ver, [Gm7] [Cm7]
She's [Bb/Ab]good for [Ab]me,
And [Ddim]it would really [G7]make me [Cm7sus]hap[Cm7]py
To [Eb/F]never let her slip a[Bb6]way
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link (sax)}
[Bb6] [Bb] [Bb6] [Bb] [EbM7] [Eb6] [EbM7] [Eb6]
[Bb6] [Bb] [Bb6] [Bb] [EbM7] [Eb6] [EbM7] [Eb6]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
I [Cm7]really only met her 'bout a [F9]week ago,
But it [Dm7]doesn't seem to matter to my [G7sus]heart, I [G7]know
that I [Bb/Ab]love [Ab]her,
I'm [Ab/G]hoping that I [Gbdim7]never re[Bbsus/F]co[Bb/F]ver, [Gm7] [Cm7]
Yeah, she's [Bb/Ab]good to [Ab]me,
And [Ddim]it would really [G7]make me [Cm7sus]hap[Cm7]py
To [Eb/F]never let her slip a[Bb6]way [Bb] [Bb6] [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
Mmm, I [Bb/Ab]love [Ab]her,
I'm [Ab/G]thinking that I'll [Gbdim7]never re[Bbsus/F]co[Bb/F]ver, [Gm7] [Cm7]
Yeah, she's [Bb/Ab]good for [Ab]me,
I [Ddim]know it's going to [G7]make me [Cm7sus]hap[Cm7]py
To [Eb/F]never let her slip a[Gm7]way
Oh, I [Ddim]know it's gonna [G7]make me [Cm7sus]hap[Cm7]py
To [Eb/F]never let her slip a[Bb/Ab]way [Ab] [Cm/G] [Gbdim] [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
{comment: (drums)}
{end_of_part}