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
And Aubrey was her name
C
C/B
Am7
Am7/D
A not so very ordinary girl or name
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
Em7
D4
D
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
D/F#
Em
G7M
C
C/B
Am7
Am7/D
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