Key: F major
Verse 1
F#
You know,
when a person does another person wrong
And there's probably a lot of ways
to say "I'm sorry", but...
And after that, hey,
G#m
B
all you have to live with is your memories
But don't let it get you down,
C#sus4
'cause it hap pens to the best of us
C#
Verse 2
F#
Oh, I wish that I could take back
all the things I've done to hurt you
D#m
D#sus4
D#
G#m
I didn't mean to be so cruel and yet,
I know I've been selfish
B
C#sus4
C#
And at time, a jealous fool
F#
And every thoughtless thing that I've done
keeps coming back to haunt me
Because you took each one to
D#m
D#sus4
D#
your little somber heart
G#m
B
And I realize, that it's my fault
C#sus4
but we've grown worlds apart
Verse 3
C#
F#
Oh, I have regrets (I have
A#m
D#m
regrets) regrets
F#
B
F#
For my mistaken thinking only of myself
G#m
Now that all I have left are these
C#sus4
C#
F#
mean re grets
A#m
(I have regrets) regrets
D#m
For the things I did,
F#
A#m
B
somehow I just can't forgive
F#
G#m
I guess I'll always have to live with
C#sus4
C#
F#
these mean re grets
Interlude 1
F#
G#m
C#sus4
C#
If I could
Verse 4
F#
right the wrong
that I've done
Maybe I could stop believing
D#sus4
There's so much I'm guilty of,
D#m
D#
D#m
oh yeah
G#m
Yet it's too late to say I'm sorry
B
'Cause being sorry just
C#sus4
C#
ain't enough
F#
'Cause with each angry word
that I've said
Your love for me was dying,
D#sus4
D#
and each word left a lasting scar
G#m
And now I feel so helpless,
B
C#sus4
wishing I could change the way things are
Verse 5
C#
F#
I have regrets (I have regrets)
A#m
D#m
I have regrets for my mistaken
F#
B
thinking only of myself
F#
G#m
C#sus4
And now that all I have left are these mean
C#
F#
A#m
regrets (I have regrets) regrets
D#m
For the things I did,
F#
B
somehow you just can't forgive
F#
G#m
And I guess I'll always have to live
C#sus4
C#
F#
A#m
with these regrets
Verse 6
D#m
F#
B
F#
Oh baby, oh baby
G#m
C#sus4
C#
F#
My, my, my, my, my, thee
A#m
D#m
F#
Oh Lord, oh Lord
B
Help me please
F#
G#m
Verse 7
C#sus4
C#
F#
If I could right the wrong
that I've done
Maybe I could stop believing
D#m
There's so much I'm guilty of,
D#sus4
D#
help me
G#m
Yet it's too late to say
B
I'm sorry
C#sus4
'Cause being sorry just ain't enough
Verse 8
C#
F#
A#m
I have regrets (I have regrets)
D#m
F#
B
Oh, regrets for my mistaken thinking only,
F#
so selfish, of myself
G#m
C#sus4
And now that all I have left
C#
F#
are these regrets
A#m
D#m
F#
(I have regrets) ahh, yeah baby
B
F#
I guess I just can't forgive
G#m
C#sus4
C#
F#
And I'll always have to live with these mean
A#m
D#m
F#
regrets (I have regrets) yea- ah, ahh
Verse 9
B
F#
Oh baby, don't let me
G#m
to suffer so long
C#sus4
C#
F#
Come on over to my place
(I have regrets)
A#m
D#m
Come on over to my place
F#
Or let me know where you are
B
I can please,
F#
G#m
if I can get your phone number
C#
C#sus4
C#
And when I call...
F#
Then when she comes on,
A#m
and says (I have regrets)
D#m
"You're having a message,
F#
you're leaving with me"
B
But I know they don't understand,
F#
you and I
G#m
C#sus4
C#
And oh, I don't want the world to know
F#
A#m
about my regrets (I have regrets)
D#m
F#
Ah, no no, no no, no
B
F#
G#m
C#sus4
Oh, can I, can I walk home?
C#
Can I walk home,
F#
can I walk on home? (I have regrets)
A#m
D#m
F#
Ahh, no, now now now
Verse 10
B
I'm a thousand miles away,
F#
G#m
C#sus4
and all I need is your tender voice to lead me on
C#
F#
'Cause I lost someone,
A#m
yeah (I have regrets)
D#m
F#
Yeah yeah, I lost someone, yeah
B
I lost someone
G#m
C#sus4
C#
I don't want no stranger to come in my home,
F#
and enjoy (I have regrets)
Enjoy what we've built, baby
Aw! Aw!
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