Intro: F Bb F Bb

Verse 1:
F                                Bb
Who’s gonna tell us the stories, that our textbooks don’t?
F                               Bb
Tales of love that stay blurry, cause our courses won’t
Dm                    C
Ignore the way they’re designed to erase the past
Bb
To keep good intentions secret
C
To force.. a mask


F
Too many handwritten letters
Bb
Signed to: my dearest, with love
F                             Bb
All pulled from their papers, ripped out as cover up
Dm                                 C
To disguise endearment, as friendly notes
Bb                          C
It doesn’t take a scholar, to know how this one goеs
C
And historians will call them

Chorus:
F                       Bb
Close friends, bеsties, roommates, colleagues,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers
F                  Bb
Sidekicks, family, good pals, buddies,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers

Verse 2:
F
40 years living together
Bb
Wearing the same wedding bands
F
Two kids and a golden retriever
Bb
Just friends don’t live like that
           Dm
They don’t look at each other
                   C
With love in their eyes
     Bb                                          C
With hopes to settle down for the rest of their lives


F
How many decades of hiding?
Bb
21 centuries of hate
F
Some things may not’ve been okay back then
Bb                         Dm
But it’s sure all right today
                              C
Too afraid to call it what it is
       Bb                                 C
It doesn’t take a scholar, to understand this
C
And historians will call them

Chorus:
F                       Bb
Close friends, bеsties, roommates, colleagues,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers
F                  Bb
Sidekicks, family, good pals, buddies,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers

Verse 3:
Bb
Keep it hidden
        C
Rewrite history
                         Bb
Leave it wrapped up in a mystery
                             C
Because no one can figure it out

(I think they figured it out)
Dm       C               Bb
Stash the proof, hide the evidence
        C                         Dm
Keep it locked until it’s relevant
        C                    Bb
Because they can’t figure it out

(I think they figured it out)
        C                    Bb
Because no one can figure it out
                        C
I think they figured it out

And historians will call them

Chorus:
F                       Bb
Close friends, bеsties, roommates, colleagues,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers
F                  Bb
Sidekicks, family, good pals, buddies,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers

Chorus:
F                       Bb
Close friends, bеsties, roommates, colleagues,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers
F                  Bb
Sidekicks, family, good pals, buddies,
C
Anything but lovers
Bb
History hates lovers