Tabs
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----3-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------------|
G+G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------|
D MajorD|---------0-----------0-----------0-----------------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------3--------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----2-----0-----------0--------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
G+G
Well, it all began in the back of her car
D/F#D/F# 
E minorEm 
C majorC
I was just sixteen, but I fell so hard
G+G
Well, the years went by and she held my heart
D/F#D/F# E minorEm C majorC
But her love ran dry and we fell apart
Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
I felt her growing distant
C majorC
I knew her love was shifting
C majorC
And all that I could say was
Chorus:
G+G
Don't tell me that it's over, the book of you and I
D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Now you've scribbled out my name
E minorEm
And you've erased my favorite lines
C majorC E minorEm
There were so many chapters that we never got to write
A minorAm D MajorD
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night
G+G
I remember where we started, I remember how you looked
D/F#D/F# E minorEm
But now I'm missing bits and pieces from the pages that you took
C majorC E minorEm
You didn't give a reason, I'll forever wonder why
A minorAm D MajorD
We never got to finish the book of you and I
Verse 2:
G+G
Well, I bought a pen and I turned the page
D/F#D/F# E minorEm C majorC
Then I wrote about how I wish you'd stay
G+G
I said all the things that I never got to say
D/F#D/F# E minorEm C majorC
Maybe when it's done I will feel okay
Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
That she had grown so distant
C majorC
And that her love had shifted
C majorC
I wish she felt the same
Chorus:
G+G
Don't tell me that it's over, the book of you and I
D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Now you've scribbled out my name
E minorEm
And you've erased my favorite lines
C majorC E minorEm
There were so many chapters that we never got to write
A minorAm D MajorD
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night
G+G
I remember where we started, I remember how you looked
D/F#D/F# E minorEm
But now I'm missing bits and pieces from the pages that you took
C majorC E minorEm
You never gave a reason, I'll forever wonder why
A minorAm D MajorD
We never got to finish the book of you and I
Bridge:
G+G D/F#D/F#
Don't tell me, tell me that you're leaving
E minorEm C majorC
My belly hurts and my heart is hardly beating right
A minorAm D MajorD
I hate to beg but I'll try one last time
Chorus:
G+G
Don't tell me that it's over, the book of you and I
D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Now you've scribbled out my name
E minorEm
And you've erased my favorite lines
C majorC E minorEm
There were so many chapters that we never got to write
A minorAm D MajorD
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night
G+G
I remember where we started, I remember how you looked
D/F#D/F# E minorEm
But now I'm missing bits and pieces from the pages that you took
C majorC E minorEm
You never gave a reason, I'll forever wonder why
A minorAm D MajorD
We never got to finish the book of you and I
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