The Lovin' Spoonful - Didn't Want To Have To Do It


[Intro] single notes on D string - A, G#
to Chords:       


[Verse 1]
         
Didn't want to

             
 have to do it
         
Didn't want to

 
 break your he

art
         
Didn't want to

              
 have to do it
    
I kept a hopin

' from the ver

y start
    
but you kept o

n a tryin'
      
And I knew tha

t you'd end up

 a cryin'
         
And I knew I d

              
idn't wanna ha

       
ve to do it
     
at all


[Verse 2]
         
Didn't want to

              
 have to do it
         
Didn't want to

         
 have to be th

e one to say i

t
         
Didn't want to

              
 have to do it
         
I kept a hopin

  
' there'd be s

omethin' to de

lay it

Again
           
Yeah, but then
         
No, I didn't w

              
ant to be the 

  
one to say
      
"The end"


[Bridge]
             
Was a time tha

    
t I thought ou

r love could f

ly
             
and never neve

      
r fall
             
 Why should I 

          
suppose we wer


e never really

 meant
             
to be close to

              
 each other at

    
 all      No, 

I


[Verse 3]
         
didn't wanna t

              
o have to do i

 
t
         
Didn't wanna h

       
ave to be the 

one to say it
         
Didn't wanna h

            
ave to do it
    
I kept a hopin

' there'd be s

omethin' to de

lay it
           
again, yeah, b

   
ut then
         
No, I didn't w

              
ant to be the 

  
one to say
        
"The end" No, 

            
no not the end

          
          No n

           
o no