Transpose up
(INTRO)
E
A
E
A
(VER)
E
Long were the nights
When my days once revolved around
A
you
E
Counting my footsteps
Prayin’ the floor won’t fal
A
l through again
And my
B
mother accused me of
E
losin’
m
B
y
mind
A
But I swore I was fine
E
You paint me a blue sky
Then go back to turn it
A
to
rain
And I
E
lived in your chess game
But you change the rules e
A
very
day
B
Wonderin’ which version of
E
you
I might
B
get on the
A
phone
tonight
Well, I s
B
topped pickin’ up
And this so
E
ng is to le
B
t you know wh
A
y
(CHO)
Dear
E
John, I see it all now that you’re
A
gone
Don’t you think I was too
C#m
young to be messed with?
B
The girl in the dress cried the
A
whole way home
I shoulda
E
known
A
(VER)
Well,
E
maybe it’s me
And my blind optimism to
A
blame
Or maybe it’s
E
you and your sick need
To give love and take it a
A
way
And you
B
’ll add my name to your
E
long
list
Of
B
traitors who don
A
’t
understand
And I’ll look
B
back and regret
How I ig
E
nored when they
B
said
“Run as
A
fast as you can”
(CHO)
Dear
E
John, I see it all now that you’re
A
gone
Don’t you think I was too
C#m
young to be messed with?
The
B
girl in the dress cried the
A
whole way home
Dear
E
John, I see it all now, it was
A
wrong
Don’t you think nineteen’s too
C#m
young to be played by
Your
B
dark, twisted games when I
A
loved you so?
I shoulda
E
known
(INSTRUMENTAL BREAK)
E
A
(BRI)
You are an
C#m
expert at “Sorry”
And
B
keepin’ lines blurry
A
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the
C#m
girls that you run dry
Have
B
tired, lifeless eyes
‘Cause you
A
burned them out
But I
B
took your matches be
E
fore fire
B
could catch me
So
A
don’t look now
I’m
B
shining like fireworks
A
Over your sad, empty
E
town
(INSTRUMENT)
A
C#m
B
A
(CHO)
Dear
E
John, I see it all now that you’re
A
gone
Don’t you think I was too
C#m
young to be messed with?
The
B
girl in the dress cried the
A
whole way home
E
I see it all now that you’re
A
gone
Don’t you think I was too
C#m
young to be messed with?
The
B
girl in the dress wrote A
you a song
You shoulda
E
known
(OUTRO)
You shoulda
A
known
E
Don’t you think I was too
A
young?
You shoulda
E
known
