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Intro:
G
Verse:
G
If I would've known a promise from you
C G
Hold as much weight as a breeze blowing through
G
If I would've seen your apology
C G
Only lasts as long as the zyn in your cheek
Em
If I would've known
D
I had all of my eggs in one basket
C
Case I know just what I do
C
Would've given 20 boys a chance
D G G
'Stead of given 20 chances to you
Chorus:
N.C. C
Could've caught a cowboy
D
Kissed retired frat boys
G
Could've wined and dined
Em
With a finance guy in New York
C
'Stead of sitting 'round here
D
Watching you drink beer
Em D C
Wasting my time and my prime and my youth
C
Could've given 20 boys a chance
D N.C. G G
'Stead of giving 20 chances to you
Verse:
G
All the free drinks
All the first dates
C
All of the trucks
G
That could have picked me up at 8
G
Instead of all of those nights
By all the street lights
C
Swearing up and down
D
You'll Do better next time
Next time the next time, uh
Chorus:
C
Could've met a Kennedy
D
Southern boy from Tennessee
G
Let a British accent
Em
Talk and sweep me off of my feet
C
'Stead of sitting 'round here
D
Drowning in my own tears
Em D C
Wasting my time and my prime and my youth
C
Could've given 20 boys a chance
D C
'Stead of giving 20 chances to you
D G G
To you, to you, to you, oh
Break:
Come on
N.C.
1,2,3,4 should've got me out that or
5,6,7,8 energy I couldn't waste
C
9,10,11 don't you get it? It's pathetic
D
All those fishes in the water
Don't you know
Chorus:
C
I could've caught a cowboy
D
Kissed retired frat boys
G
Really anybody else
G Em
Would've been a better choice
C
'Stead of sitting 'round here
D
Watching you drink beer
Em D C
Wasting my time then my prime then my youth
C
Could've given 20 boys a chance
D
To romance, take me dancing
Em D C
Like you never wanted to
Outro:
C
Oh I Could give 20 boys a chance
D
Before I waste one more chance
G
On you
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Published: March 12, 2026
Last Updated: March 12, 2026