The Partner Nobody Chose
By Guy Clark
Written by Guy Clark & Rodney Crowell
Album: The South Coast Of Texas (1981)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
5/22/2016


Chorus:
        D         G             D     G D     
She’s a melody in search of the words I love you
        A                              D
She’s a rose with rose with no room to grow
        D            G          D  G       D 
She’s a light in the night with nowhere to shine
          A                   D
She’s the partner that nobody chose


          A                               G                D
Oh, she’s tried and she’s tried and she’s tried to keep on tryin’
    A                           D   
But every thing she tried fell apart
         A                               G               D 
Oh she's loved and she's loved and she'd love to keep on lovin
    A                             D              
But every man she loved broke her heart


Chorus


Oh she’s fallen and stumbled and stumbled and fallen
And no one picked her up when she fell
She’s stood up with hope up that someone would show up
Someday you never can tell

Chorus

Chorus 2:
She’s a melody in search of the words I love you
She’s a rose with no room to grow
She’s a light in the night with nowhere to shine
She’s a refuge where nobody goes

She’s lonesome and nobody knows