Key: G# Intro: C#m7 B A Verse 1: C#m7 B I would've stayed in Tennessee A Just so you could be close to your mother C#m7 B I'd settle down at twenty-three A Just so you wouldn't fall for another C#m7 B We were opposites attractin' A C#m7 I'd deal with your different points of view B And say it was meetin' halfway A
After all you didn't do Chorus: C#m7 A I would've married you, I would've said, "I do" E B I would've danced to a song I didn't like C#m7 A I would've put you first, I would've learned the words E B We'd call it ours but it wouldn't be mine C#m7 A E Holdin' you in my arms would've made it fine B It'd be worth every sacrifice A B 'Cause I would've married you, I would've spent my life C#m7 A E B With a wedding song I didn't like Verse 2: C#m7 B I would've killed my every dream A If it meant some of yours would've happened C#m7 B It wouldn't be picture perfect A C#m7 That would be something only I'd see B We would've made it work and A It'd all be because of me Chorus: C#m7 A I would've married you, I would've said, "I do" E B I would've danced to a song I didn't like C#m7 A I would've put you first, I would've learned the words E B We'd call it ours but it wouldn't be mine C#m7 A E Holdin' you in my arms would've made it fine B It'd be worth every sacrifice A B 'Cause I would've married you, I would've spent my life C#m7 With a wedding song I didn't like Interlude: A E B C#m7 A E B Bridge: A B All that I wanted C#m7 F# Was to be everything you needed A How could you leave when Chorus: C#m7 A I would've married you, I would've said, "I do" E B I would've danced to a song I didn't like C#m7 A I would've put you first, I would've learned the words E B We'd call it ours but it wouldn't be mine C#m7 A E Holdin' you in my arms would've made it fine B It'd be worth every sacrifice A B 'Cause I would've married you, I would've spent my life C#m7 With a wedding song I didn't like Outro: A E B C#m A E B A