Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) intro hooks and verses: Cadd9 Cadd9 C C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C A|5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----------| E|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|X2 G|----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------| C C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C A|9-----------9-----------5-----------5-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----------| E|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------|
outro: Cadd9 Cadd9 C C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C A|5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2 G|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------| C C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C A|9-----------9-----------5-----------5-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------| intro: Cadd9 Cadd9 C C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cadd9 C C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Hook 1: C C Cadd9 Cadd9 If I could turn back time Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C Maybe I could make you mine Cadd9 Cadd9 C C How could I have been so blind? Cmaj7 C7 C C Maybe I could make you mine If I could turn back time Verse 1: Cadd9 Cadd9 Maybe I could say hi C C Maybe I'd feel relieved Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Maybe that would give me closure C C Maybe that's too naïve Cadd9 Cadd9 Or maybe I could walk by C C Wear my heart on my sleeve Cmaj7 Cmaj7 And maybe we would lock eyes C C And it'd be hard to believe C C But maybe we would both laugh Cadd9 Cadd9 And I could ask how she was Cmaj7 Cmaj7 And wonder if she thinks about C C The times we used to be us Cadd9 Cadd9 And maybe I could ask why C C Or maybe I would say please Cmaj7 Cmaj7 But maybe she's with a guy C C And maybe I should just leave Cadd9 Cadd9 Or maybe I could stop time C C Cause the world to just freeze Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Make corners of this room dissolve C C With every breath that I breathe Cadd9 Cadd9 Until it's just me and her C C And we would fall from our feet Cmaj7 Cmaj7 And flitter down into the pitch-black C C With no floor underneath C C And we could fall through December Cadd9 Cadd9 And maybe shatter through June Cmaj7 Cmaj7 And we could crash land in April C C And wake up back in our room Cadd9 Cadd9 And she'd be there in my arms C C Right before she was gone Cmaj7 Cmaj7 And while I lay there, I'd retrace to myself C C Where I went wrong Hook 2: Cadd9 Cadd9 C C If I could turn back time Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C Maybe I could make you mine Cadd9 Cadd9 C C How could I have been so blind? Cmaj7 C7 C C Maybe I could make you mine C C Cadd9 Cadd9 If I could hit rewind Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C Maybe I could make you mine Cadd9 Cadd9 C C Maybe things would turn out fine Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C Maybe I could make you mine Verse 2: Cadd9 Cadd9 Maybe she's just as bored C C What if she's as depressed? Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Maybe I should drink more C C Maybe I should think less Cadd9 Cadd9 How did things end so badly? C C How did things even end? Cmaj7 Cmaj7 I don't remember exactly, don't ask me C C On our way back from Atlanta C C We were holed up in a taxi Cadd9 Cadd9 She was asleep in the backseat Cmaj7 Cmaj7 I was just drinking a smoothie C C Jamba Juice, mango and flaxseed Cadd9 Cadd9 She woke up groggy and tapped me C C Headphones in, bumping to Max B Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Looked at her, paused it on track three C C She sighed and looked at me angry Cadd9 Cadd9 I asked her, "What?" C C And she snapped back, "Nothing, it's fine" Cmaj7 Cmaj7 I said, "No, what's on your mind?" C C She snapped back, "Nothing, it's fine!" Cadd9 Cadd9 I said, "Well fuck it! I'm trying!" C C She sniffled, "Fuck you!" while crying Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Still have no fucking idea C C The what, or the who, or the why C C But we just stopped talking Cadd9 Cadd9 And that was the end Cmaj7 Cmaj7 No text or call or coffee C C No "Let's just be friends" Cadd9 Cadd9 We sat there silently through C C North Carolina and West Virginia Cmaj7 Cmaj7 And hours and hours passed C C And the anxious quiet continued outro: Cadd9 Cadd9 'Til I fell asleep C C And woke up to the driver alone Cmaj7 C7 He told me he drove past her neighbourhood C C And dropped her off home Cadd9 Cadd9 And that was it, and now we're here C C Two dozen feet from each other Cmaj7 Cmaj7 It feels like years since I've seen her C C Two washed-up used-to-be-lovers C C We used to kiss under covers Cadd9 And wrestle in blankets Cadd9 And nestle each other Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C C But I don't think I've got the courage to muster Cadd9 Cadd9 Maybe I could say hi C C Maybe I'd feel relieved Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Maybe that would give me closure C C Maybe that's too naïve Cadd9 Cadd9 (If I could turn back time) Or maybe I could walk by C C Wear my heart on my sleeve Cmaj7 Cmaj7 (Maybe I could make you mine) And maybe we would lock eyes C C And it'd be hard to believe Cadd9 Cadd9 (How could I have been so blind?) But maybe we would both laugh C C And I could ask how she was Cmaj7 Cmaj7 (Maybe I could make you mine) And wonder if she thinks about C C The times we used to be us C C (If I could hit rewind) And maybe I could ask why Cadd9 Cadd9 Or maybe I would say please Cmaj7 Cmaj7 (Maybe I could make you mine) But maybe she's with a guy C C And maybe I should just leave Cadd9 Cadd9 Or maybe I could stop time C C Cause the world to just freeze Cmaj7 Cmaj7 (Maybe I could make you mine) Make corners of this room dissolve C C With every breath that I breathe Until it's just me and her
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