Key: C
Introduction:
F
You're in love for the first time
G
and you don't know what to do
F
You don't know what to say
G
You don't know how to act
F
You listen to your heart
G
And hope the instincts that
Am G
follow will keep you in the
F Am
clear But you know that
G D/F# F Am
life is never fair
C F Am C F Am C Dm
But this feels so good
F
So then you pour out yourself
G
into an empty cup
F
But little did you know
G
it never wanted filled up
F
You're filling a void and
G
they're flying from
your questions
Am G F
Like Do you feel the same?
Am
And they say Babe
G D/F# F
we're on the same page
Am
And then they burn the book
F Am C
How was I supposed to know?
F Am
If the writing on the
C Dm
wall was so clear why
C G/B
couldn't I read it?
F Am C
How was I supposed to know?
F Am
If the writing on the
C F
wall was so clear why
Am C Dm
couldn't I read it?
Post-Chorus
F
Now I'm in hell for the first time
G
And I don't know what to do
F
I don't know what to wear
G
Who to talk to, or turn to
F
I listened to my heart
G
And put down my guard
Am G F
And was easily knocked over
Am G D/F# F
by a beautiful bulldozer
F
I ran blind into your street
G
Dancing on my left feet
F
And off time to the beat
G
catch up catch up!
F
You're in places your shouldn't
G
Like when I'm starting my car
Am G F
Or pondering the future from
Am G D/F# F
your blue abandoned furniture
Catch up catch up!
F Am C
How was I supposed to know?
F Am
If the writing on the
C Dm
wall was so clear why
C G/B
couldn't I read it?
F Am C
How was I supposed to know?
F Am C F Am C Dm
How was I supposed to know?
F Am C
How was I supposed to know?
F Am C F Am C Dm
How was I supposed to know?
F Am C
How was I supposed to know?
F Am C F Am C Dm
How was I supposed to know?