The Book Of You & I chords by
Alec Benjamin

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

G

G

D

Em

C

Verse 1
G G 
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Well, it all began in the back of her car
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I  was just sixteen, but I fell so hard
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Well, the years went by
and she held my heart
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C C 
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But her love ran dry and we fell apart

Pre-chorus 1

D

Em

I felt her growing dis tant

C

I knew her love was shifting

And all that I could say was

Chorus 1
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Don't tell me that it's over,
the book of you and I
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Em Em 
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Now you've scribbled out my name
And you've erased my favorite lines
C C 
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There were so many chapters
that we never got to write
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Am Am 
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Like cereal for dinner
D D 
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and staying up all night
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I remember where we started
I remember how you looked
D D 
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Em Em 
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But now I'm missing bits and pieces
from the pages that you took
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You didn't give a reason,
I'll forever wonder why
G G 
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Am Am 
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We never got to finish
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G G 
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the book of you and I

Verse 2

G

Well, I bought a pen and I turned the page

D

Em

C

Then I wrote about how I wish you'd stayed

G

I said all the things that I never got to say

D

Em

C

Maybe when it's done, I will feel okay

Pre-chorus 2

D

Em

That she had grown so distant

C

And that her love had shifted

I wish she felt the same

Chorus 2
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Don't tell me that it's over,
the book of you and I
D D 
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Em Em 
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Now you've scribbled out my name
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C C 
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There were so many chapters
that we never got to write
G G 
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Am Am 
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Like cereal for dinner
D D 
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and staying up all night
G G 
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I remember where we started
I remember how you looked
D D 
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Em Em 
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But now I'm missing bits and pieces
from the pages that you took
C C 
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You didn't gave a reason,
I'll forever wonder why
G G 
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Am Am 
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We never got to finish
D D 
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the book of you and I

Bridge 1
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Don't tell me
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Tell me that you're leaving me
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My belly hurts and my heart
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is hardly beating right
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D D 
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I hate to beg, but I'll try one last time

Chorus 3
G G 
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Don't tell me that it's over,
the book of you and I
D D 
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Em Em 
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Now you've scribbled out my name
And you've erased my favorite lines
C C 
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There were so many chapters
that we never got to write
G G 
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Am Am 
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Like cereal for dinner
D D 
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and staying up all night
G G 
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I remember where we started
I remember how you looked
D D 
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Em Em 
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But now I'm missing bits and pieces
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C C 
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You didn't gave a reason,
I'll forever wonder why
G G 
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Am Am 
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We never got to finish
D D 
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G G 
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the book of you and I

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