Intro: C C7M G D
C C7M
I don't know when it started
G D
I think that one day I just woke up in love with you
Verse 1:
C C7M
God damn, she's got herself a girlfriend now
G
Well, I guess she finally came out
D
Wish I coulda waited around
Maybe it coulda been me
C
It's all good
C7M
I'm always wanting more than I should
G
And I bet you'd really love me if you could
D
'Cause if the wishes on my candles came true, it woulda been you
Pre-Chorus
C
We were nineteen and the world was hard to please
C7M
My daddy didn't understand
G
That I just couldn't love a man the way I love you
D
It's all that I do
C
But it be would nice if you would walk me home
C7M
Lеave your coat and your keys in the corridor
G D
Would you kiss mе a little more?
C
It would be fun if you and me coulda won
C7M
Walked off together into the sun
G D
Where you would call me the one
C C7M
It woulda been sweet if you had married me
D (hold)
But its all good baby, we were only nineteen
Bridge:
C
Just promise me one thing
C7M G
Don't go getting married
D
'Cause I'm going to cross oceans for you one day
Verse 2:
C C7M
God damn, I'm stuck on this once again
G
And I don't know if we can be friends
D
One look at you and I'm a mess
C
Well, I dug out your old letters
They still make me weak
C7M
And I know it's been years but it killed me to leave
G
And I know it killed you too
D
Midsummer afternoon on Redwood Avenue
C
If I could hold you once again I wouldn't let you loose
I wouldn't make you choose
D
I wouldn't make you choose
I wish I was ready for you now
C
But it be would be nice if you would walk me home
C7M
Leave your coat and your keys in the corridor
G D
Would you kiss me a little more?
C
It would be fun if you and me coulda won (Coulda won)
C7M
Walked off together into the sun
G D
Where you would call me the one
C C7M
It woulda been sweet if you had married me
G D
But it's all good baby, we were only nineteen
Pre-Chorus
C
We try not to think about it
C7M
We try not to think about it
G
We try not to think about it
D
I still think about it
Do you think about it?
Bridge:
C
We grew up, we moved out
We fucked up, fucked around
C7M
Got a job, made some money
Blew it all, it's kinda funny
G
You don't talk to your dad
I don't talk when I'm mad
D
We get scared, don't admit it
I don't care, you don't feel it
C
Breaking hearts just for fun 'cause we could
It's so dumb
C7M
Fall in love and too young
Fall apart in my arms
G
And I know that it hurts 'cause I'm feeling so far
D
My darling I promise
C C7M
Ain't this what you wanted?
G D
What you wanted?
C
And it would be nice if you would walk me home
C7M
Leave your coat and your keys in the corridor
G D
Would you kiss me a little more? Oh
C
And it would be fun if you and me coulda won
C7M
Walked off together into the sun
G D
And you would call me the one
(You can call me, baby you can call me)
C C7M
And it would be sweet if you would marry me
G
But it's all good baby, yeah, it's all good
D
It's all good baby, yeah, it's all
Final:
C
I would've loved, would've loved you forever
C7M
It's never enough but I wanted it to be
G
Every night you were sleeping in my sweater
D
Its never enough but you wanted it to be
C
I would've love, would've loved you forever
C7M
It's never enough but I wanted it to be
G
Every night you were sleeping in my sweater
D C C7M
It's never enough, but you wanted it to be
G D
Oh, you wanted it to be
C C7M G D
Mmm, mmm
C C7M G
I'm dragging on the ending of this letter because I'm afraid
D
Afraid that once I stop writing
That's it for our story
C C7M
I hope that's not the case
G D
A love like ours never really goes away