G G C I found her diary underneath the tree and started reading about me G G C The words she'd written took me by surprise; you'd never read them in her eyes. E G D7 B7 Em G7 She said that she had found the love she'd waited for C G C G Wouldn't you know it? She wouldn't show it G G C Then she, confronted with the writing there, simply pretended not to care G G C I passed it off as just in keeping with her total disconcerting air. E G D7 B7 Em G7 And though she tried to hide the love that she denied C G C G Wouldn't you know it? She wouldn't show it. D7 B7 Em G7 C And as I go through my life Am7 D7 G I will give to her, my wife C B7sus4 All the sweet things I can find. G G C I found her diary underneath the tree and started reading about me G G C The words began to stick, then tears to fall. Her meaning now was clear to see E G D7 B7 Em G7 The love she'd waited for was someone else, not me. C G C G Wouldn't you know it? She wouldn't show it. D7 B7 Em G7 C And as I go through my life Am7 D7 G I will wish for her, his wife C G All the sweet things she can find C D G All the sweet things she can find.
