Key: A
Introduction:
Am D Bm Em C Am
Verse
D
Can I believe my ears?
D
Is this'a really you?
Am
Pacing the floor with one eye on the door, huh
D
Watching the winners go to
Am
Why do you hang back now?
D
Why d'you hesitate?
Am
You know, fires don't burn
D
For he who waits
Bm
Out of all of the people
Em
That I ever knew
C
If one should have made it
Am
It should have been you
D
It should have been you
Bm
It should have been you
Em C
It should have been you
Verse
Am
Well, I know who I'm looking for
D
But I don't believe my eyes
Am
The sight of you with your head hung low
D
Is a sick, sad surprise
Am
Now, why do you hang back now?
D
Why d'you hesitate?
Am
How dare you throw it all away then you tell me
D
"Oh man, it must be fate"
Bm
Out of all of the people
Em
That I ever knew
C
There had to be one I could believe in
Am
And it should have been you
D
It should have been you
Bm
It should have been you
Em
It should have been you
C
If there had to be one
F
Well, it should have been you
Instrumental
F Em C Am D
Verse
Am
A gift that dies is a tragic thing
D
And it happens all the time
Am D
But a gift that's wasted, thrown to hell is the
D
Worst of stupid crimes
Am
I saw you hang back now
D
I watched you hesitate
Am
You're a well respected man, but bullshit
D
You could've been great
Bm
Out of all the people
Em
I ever knew
C
There should have been one
Am
And it should have been you
D
It should have been you
Bm
It should have been you
Em
It should have been you
C
Well, I spent my whole life looking
Am
For someone like you
D
It should have been you
Bm
It should have been you
Em
It should have been you
C
If there had to be one
Am
Well, it should have been you
Outro