Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

  E1 or

E-0 E-x E-x E-3

A-x A-3 A-0 A-2

D-x D-2 D-2 D-0

G-x G-0 G-2 G-0

B-x B-1 B-1 B-0

e-x e-0 e-0 e-1 or 3

 E-x

A-2

D-0

G-0

B-1

e-0

Verse 1

 Girl, I've been thinking a lot

 About who we could have been

 If I was back home just chillin'

 with you and all my friends

But dear I'm gone

 and that's the lousy truth

Verse 2

For the past 3 years

 I swear I've been a better man

than who I've become

 I know, I know, I know I let you down

But I've been gone

 for too damn long

Chorus

So if you go away right now,

then I can guarantee

 that I won't break your heart

  But if you go and stay,

then baby I will hope and pray

 that you would run a - way

 Cause dear it breaks my heart

 to see you here

Verse 3

 So shine outward, not inward

 You've been a selfish little girl

 For the past 3 years

 I've been through more than you can know

 and God I don't

want you to know

What I have been through

 cause you just wouldn't understand

 you're just a girl with some issues

 as bad as it might sound

But you're the girl

 who's been driving me mad

Chorus 2

So if you go away right now,

then I can guarantee

 that I won't break your heart

  But if you go and stay,

then baby I will hope and pray

 that you would run a - way

 Cause dear it breaks my heart

 to see you here

 So go to school in Chicago

 find a new boy, a new life,

 a whole new set of friends

 Cause all that I'll ever do is break your heart

 and dear it breaks my heart

 to see you here

Yeah, dear it breaks my heart

 to see you here

(Silence)

But just so you know...

 I've been thinking a lot of

who we could have been

 if i was back home,

 just chilling with you and all my friends

 But dear, I'm gone

 and that's the lousy truth.