Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: G Em Cadd9 She said, "Forever's gonna be like this" G Em Cadd9 Class ring promise and a shotgun kiss G Em Cadd9 Blue jeans, smoke?and?backseat dreams G Em Cadd9 G Make kids?in love believe anything Chorus: Cadd9 G D She can't feel?rain in July without thinkin' about him Cadd9 G D And he can't see top-down, on Jeeps without thinkin' about her G Cadd9 We love how forever begins G Cadd9 G But the trouble with forever is it always ends Em D Cadd9 G Ooh-ooh-ooh
Verse 2: G Em Cadd9 She thought love was a pretty, white dress G Em Cadd9 He thought the work was done when she said, "Yes" G Em Cadd9 Three hundred people heard her say, "I do" G Em Cadd9 G But there was no one there when he said, "We're through" Chorus: Cadd9 G D And she can't help sometimes wishin' they could start over Cadd9 G D And he knows there's so many things that he should have told her G Cadd9 We love how forever begins G Cadd9 G But the trouble with forever is it always ends Em D Cadd9 G Ooh-ooh-ooh Em D Cadd9 G Ooh-ooh-ooh Outro: G He holds her hand as she says, "Goodbye" G Fifty years in the blink of an eye G As close to forever as you'll ever get G Cadd9 G The trouble with forever is it always ends