[C]　[G]　[D]　[Em]　[C]　[G]　[D]　[C]　[G]　[D]　[Em]　[C]　[G]　[D]

 

[C]You were[G]in college wor[D]king part time[Em]waitin' tables

[C]Left[G]a small[D]town, never looked back

[C]I was[G]a flight[D]risk with a[Em]fear of fallin'

[C]Wondering why[G]we bother with[D]love if it never lasts

[C]　[G]

 

I[D]say "Can you believe it?[C]　[G]

[D]As we're lying on the[C]couch?"[G]

The[D]moment I can see it.

[C]Yes,[G]yes,[D]I can see it now.

 

[C]Do you remember, we were[G]sitting there by the water?

[D]You put your arm around me[Em]for the[D]first[Dsus4]time.

[C]You made a rebel of a[G]careless man's careful daughter.

[D]You are the best thing[Em]that's ever[D]been[Cadd9]mine.[C]

 

[G]Flash forward and[D]we're taking on the[Em]world together,

[C]And there's[G]a drawer of[D]my things at your place.

[C]You learn[G]my secrets and[D]you figure out[Em]why I'm guarded,

[C]You say[G]we'll never make my[D]parents' mistakes.

[C]　[G]

 

[D]But we got bills to pay,[C]　[G]

[D]We got nothing figured out,[C]　[G]

[D]When it was hard to take,

[C]Yes,[G]yes,[D]this is what I thought about.

 

[C]Do you remember, we were[G]sitting there by the water?

[D]You put your arm around me[Em]for the[D]first[Dsus4]time.

[C]You made a rebel of a[G]careless man's careful daughter.

[D]You are the best thing[Em]that's ever[D]been[Dsus4]mine.

 

[C]Do you remember all the[G]city lights on the water?

[D]You saw me start to believe[Em]for the[D]first[Dsus4]time

[C]You made a rebel of a[G]careless man's careful daughter

[D]You are the best thing[Em]that's ever[D]been[Dsus4]mine.

[C]　[G]　[D]　[C]　[G]　[D]

 

And I re[Em]member that fight

Two-[C]thirty AM

As ev[D]erything was slipping right out of our hands

[Em]I ran out crying and you[C]followed me out into the[D]street[C]　[G]

Braced[D]myself for the "Good[C]bye"[G]

'cause that's[D]all I've ever kn[C]own[G]

Then[D]you took me by sur[C]prise[G]

You said,[D] "I'll never leave you al[Cadd9]one."

 

You said,[C]"I remember how we[G]felt sitting by the water

[D]And every time I look at you,[Em]it's like the[D]first[Dsus4]time

[C]I fell in love with a[G]careless man's careful daughter

[D]She is the best thing that's ever been mine."

 

[C]Hold on,[G]make it last

[C]Hold on,[Em]never turn[D]back

 

[C]You made a rebel of a[G]careless man's careful daughter

[D]You are the best thing that's ever been mine.

([C]Hold[G]on)[D]Do you be[Em]lieve it?

([C]Hold[G]on)[D]Gonna make it now.

([C]Hold[G]on)[D]I can[Em]see it,

([C]Yes,[G]yes) I[Dadd9]can see it now.