Dear John (Taylor's Version)

♫ Intro: B B B B ♫ Verse 1: B Long were the nights B When my days once revolved around you B Counting my footsteps B Prayin' the floor won't fall through again C B#m C And my mother accused me of losin' my mind B But I swore I was fine B You?paint?me a blue sky B Then go back to turn it to rain B And I lived in your chess game B But you change the rules every day C B#m Wonderin' which version of you C B I might get on the phone tonight C Well, I stopped pickin' up B#m C B And this song is to let you know why

♫ Chorus: B B Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone B#m Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? C B The girl in the dress cried the whole way home B I shoulda known ♫ Interlude: B B ♫ Verse 2: B B Well, maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame B Or maybe it's you and your sick need B To give love and take it away C B#m C And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors B Who don't understand C B#m C And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said B "Run as fast as you can" ♫ Chorus: B B Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone B#m Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? C B The girl in the dress cried the whole way home B B Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong B#m Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played by C B Your dark, twisted games when I loved you so? B I shoulda known Instrumental ♫ Break: B B ♫ Bridge: B#m C You are an expert at "Sorry" and keepin' lines blurry B Never impressed by me acing your tests B#m C All the girls that you run dry have tired, lifeless eyes B 'Cause you burned them out C B#m C But I took your matches before fire could catch me B So don't look now C B B B I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town B#m C B Oh ♫ Chorus: B B Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone B#m Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? C B B The girl in the dress cried the whole way home B I see it all now that you're gone B#m Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? C B The girl in the dress wrote you a song B You shoulda known ♫ Outro: B You shoulda known B B Don't you think I was too young? B You shoulda known