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Intro : G C G C G Long were the nights when my days C once revolved around you G Counting the footsteps C Cm praying the floor wont fall through Again D Em D And my mother accused me of losing my mind C Cm But I swore I was fine G You paint me a blue sky C And go back and turn it to rain G And I lived in your chess game C but you changed the rules everyday D Em D Wonderin' which version of you I might get C Cm on the phone Tonight D Well I stopped picking up Em D C Cm and this song is to let you know why... Reff: G Dear john I see it all C now that you're gone Em Don't you think I was too young D to be messed with the girl in the dress C Cm cried the whole way home G ..C I should have known.. G Well maybe it's me and my blind C optimism to blame.. G Maybe it's you and you're sick need C Cm to give love and take it away D Em And you'll add my name to your long D C Cm list of traitors who don't understand D And I'll look back and regret Em D how I ignored when they said C Cm run as fast as you can Reff 2: G Dear john I see it all C now that you're gone Em Don't you think I was too young D to be messed with The girl in the dress C Cm cried the whole way home G Dear john I see it all C now that was wrong Em Don't you think nineteens too young D to be played by your dark twisted games C Cm When I loved you so G ...C I should have known.. Em You are an expert at sorry D And keeping lines blurry C Never impressed by me acing your tests Em All the girls that you've run dry D with tired lifeless eyes C Cm Cause you burned them out D But I took your matches Em D before fire could catch me C Cm So don't look now D I'm shining like fireworks C G over your sad empty town.. ..C Em D C Cm Reff 3 G Dear john I see it all C now that you're gone Em Don't you think I was too young D to be messed with The girl in the dress C Cm cried the whole way home G ...I see it all C now that you're gone Em Don't you think I was too young D to be messed with The girl in the dress C Cm wrote you a song.. G You should have known C You should have known G C ..Don't you think I was too young? G You should have known... ORIGINAL CHORD/ Intro : E A E A E Long were the nights when my days A once revolved around you E Counting the footsteps A Am praying the floor wont fall through Again B C#m B And my mother accused me of losing my mind A Am But I swore I was fine E You paint me a blue sky A And go back and turn it to rain E And I lived in your chess game A but you changed the rules everyday B C#m B Wonderin' which version of you I might get A Am on the phone Tonight B Well I stopped picking up C#m B A Am and this song is to let you know why Reff: E Dear john I see it all A now that you're gone C#m Don't you think I was too young B to be messed with the girl in the dress A Am cried the whole way home E ..A I should have known.. E Well maybe it's me and my blind A optimism to blame.. E Maybe it's you and you're sick need A Am to give love and take it away B C#m And you'll add my name to your long B A Am list of traitors who don't understand B And I'll look back and regret C#m B how I ignored when they said A Am run as fast as you can Reff 2: E Dear john I see it all A now that you're gone C#m Don't you think I was too young B to be messed with The girl in the dress A cried the whole way home E Dear john I see it all A now that was wrong C#m Don't you think nineteens too young B to be played by your dark twisted games A Am When I loved you so E ...A I should have known.. C#m You are an expert at sorry B And keeping lines blurry A Never impressed by me acing your tests C#m All the girls that you've run dry B with tired lifeless eyes A Am Cause you burned them out B But I took your matches C#m B before fire could catch me A Am So don't look now B I'm shining like fireworks A E over your sad empty town.. ..A C#m B A Am Reff 3 E Dear john I see it all A now that you're gone C#m Don't you think I was too young B to be messed with The girl in the dress A Am cried the whole way home E ...I see it all A now that you're gone C#m Don't you think I was too young B to be messed with The girl in the dress A Am wrote you a song.. E You should have known A You should have known E A ..Don't you think I was too young? E You should have known...
