C C7 F So faithfully you promised me we'd marry in the spring G7 C A year has passed and now at last I see through everything C7 F Just like a fool I let you rule this heart inside of me G7 C Now you don't care how many years I'll spend in misery F C Girls in disgrace must surely face the gossips of the town D7 G7 And every time she's passing by they greet her with a frown C C7 F You constantly reveal to me that you could never be G7 C The kind of man to understand girls in disgrace like me C7 F So patiently I've tried to see and understand your game G7 C I'd even wait night after night you seldom ever came C7 F I know you'll say I'm all to blame I know you just can't see G7 C How I could think so much of you and never think of me F C Girls in disgrace must surely face the gossips of the town D7 G7 And every time she's passing by they greet her with a frown C C7 F You constantly reveal to me that you could never be G7 C The kind of man to understand girls in disgrace like me