The Book Of You & I original guitar chords by 
Alec Benjamin 
Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Bb
Bb
F/A
Gm7
Ebsus2
Verse 1
Bb
Well, it all began in the back of her car
F/A
Gm7
Ebsus2
I was just sixteen, but I fell so hard
and she held my heart
F/A
Gm7
Ebsus2
But her love ran dry and we fell apart
Pre-chorus 1
F
Gm7
I felt her growing dis tant
Ebadd9
I knew her love was shif ting
And all that I could say was
Chorus 1
the book of you and I
F/A
Gm7
Now you've scribbled out my name
And you've erased my favorite lines
that we never got to write
Bb/D
Cm
Like cereal for dinner
I remember how you looked
F/A
Gm7
But now I'm missing bits and pieces
from the pages that you took
I'll forever wonder why
Bb/D
Cm
We never got to finish
F
Bb
the book of you and I
Verse 2
Bb
Well, I bought a pen and I turned the page
F/A
Gm7
Ebsus2
Then I wrote about how I wish you'd stayed
Bb
I said all the things that I never got to say
F/A
Gm7
Ebsus2
Maybe when it's done, I will feel okay
Pre-chorus 2
F
Gm7
That she had grown so distant
Ebadd9
And that her love had shif ted
I wish she felt the same
Chorus 2
the book of you and I
F/A
Gm7
Now you've scribbled out my name
And you've erased my favorite lines
that we never got to write
Bb/D
Cm
Like cereal for dinner
I remember how you looked
F/A
Gm7
But now I'm missing bits and pieces
from the pages that you took
I'll forever wonder why
Bb/D
Cm
We never got to finish
Bridge 1
Bb/D
Cm
F
I hate to beg, but I'll try one last time
Chorus 3
the book of you and I
F/A
Gm7
Now you've scribbled out my name
And you've erased my favorite lines
that we never got to write
Bb/D
Cm
Like cereal for dinner
I remember how you looked
F/A
Gm7
But now I'm missing bits and pieces
from the pages that you took
I'll forever wonder why
Bb/D
Cm
We never got to finish
F
Bb
the book of you and I
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