Verse:
D A
Girl, I've been thinking a lot
D D
About who we could have been
A D A
If I was back home just chillin'
D
with you and all my friends
D A Bm
But dear I'm gone
A D
and that's the lousy truth
Verse:
D A D
For the past 3 years
A D
I swear I've been a better man
D A D
than who I've become
A D
I know, I know, I know I let you down
D A Bm
But I've been gone
A D
for too damn long
Chorus:
D E A
So if you go away right now,
then I can guarantee
D A Bm
that I won't break your heart
E A
But if you go and stay,
then baby I will hope and pray
D A Bm
that you would run a - way
A D A Bm
Cause dear it breaks my heart
A D
to see you here
Verse:
A D A
So shine outward, not inward
D
You've been a selfish little girl
A D
For the past 3 years
A D
I've been through more than you can know
A Bm
and God I don't
A D
want you to know
D A D
What I have been through
A D
cause you just wouldn't understand
A D A
you're just a girl with some issues
D
as bad as it might sound
D A Bm
But you're the girl
A D
who's been driving me mad
Chorus:
D E A
So if you go away right now,
then I can guarantee
D A Bm
that I won't break your heart
E A
But if you go and stay,
then baby I will hope and pray
D A Bm
that you would run a - way
A D A Bm
Cause dear it breaks my heart
A D A
to see you here
Bm D A
So go to school in Chicago
Bm D
find a new boy, a new life,
A
a whole new set of friends
Bm D A
Cause all that I'll ever do is break your heart
Bm A
and dear it breaks my heart
D
to see you here
D A Bm A
Yeah, dear it breaks my heart
D
to see you here
But just so you know...
D A
I've been thinking a lot of
D D
who we could have been
A D
if i was back home,
A D
just chilling with you and all my friends
A Bm
But dear, I'm gone
A D
and that's the lousy truth.
