Key: C
Introduction: F G Am F G F G Am F G2
F G Am
You were in college working part time waitin' tables
F G
Left a small town, never looked back
F G Am
I was a flight risk with a fear of falling
F G
Wonderin' why we bothered with love if it never lasts
F C G F C
I say, "Can you believe it?"
G F C
Yeah, as we're lyin' on the couch
G
The moment I could see it
F C G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can see it now
F C
I remember, we were sittin' there by the water
G Am G
You put your arm around me for the first time
F C
Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
G Am G
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
F
Yeah, that's ever been mine
C G Am
Flash forward and we're takin' on the world together
F C G
There's a drawer of my things at your place
F C G Am
You learn my secrets and I figure out why I'm guarded
F C G
You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes
F C G F C
But we got bills to pay
G F C
And we got nothing figured out
G
When it was hard to take
F C G
Yeah, yeah, this is what I&mdash
N.C.
F C
I remember, we were sittin' there by the water
G Am G
You put your arm around me for the first time
F C
Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
G Am G
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
F C
I remember, we were sittin' there by the water
G Am G
You put your arm around me for the first time
F C
Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
G Am G F C
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
G Am F C G
That's ever been mine
Am F
I remember that fight, 2:30 A.M
G
As everything was slipping right out of our hands
Am F G F C
And you ran out crying and I followed you out into the street
G F C
Braced myself for the goodbye
G F C
'Cause that's all I've ever known
G F C
Then you took me by surprise
G
You said, "I'll never leave you alone"
F C
I said, "I remember how we felt sitting by the water
G Am G
And every time I look at you, it's like the first time
F C
I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter
G
You iare the best thing that's ever been mine"
F C
I remember, we were sittin' there by the water
G Am G
You put your arm around me for the first time
F C
Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
G Am G F
You are the best thing that's ever been mine