Alec Benjamin – The Book Of You And I (Guitar Fingerpicking)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (4)

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[Verse 1]
        G
Well it all began in the back of her car

D/F#  Em            C
I was just 16 but I fell so hard

           G
Well the years went by and she held my heart

D/F#    Em                C
But her love ran dry and we fell apart
[Pre-Chorus]
Am                    D
I felt her growing distant

                     Am
I knew her love was shifting

                      D
And all that I could say was
[Chorus]
       G
Don't tell me that it's over
The book of you & I
D/F#          Em
Now you've scribbled out my name
And you've erased my favorite lines
      Am
There were so many chapters that we never got to write

       D
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night

      G
I remember where we started
I remember how you looked
D/F#         Em
But now I'm missing bits and pieces

         C
From the pages that you took

     Am
You didn't give a reason and I'll forever wonder why

     D
We never got to finish the book of you and I
[Verse 2]
         G
Well I bought a pen and I turned the page

D/F#     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/F#    Em                  C
Maybe when it's done I will feel okay
[Pre-Chorus]
Am                     D
That she had grown so distant

                        Am
And that her love had shifted

                     D
I wish she felt the same
[Chorus]
       G
Don't tell me that it's over
The book of you & I
D/F#          Em
Now you've scribbled out my name

           C
And you've erased my favorite lines

       Am
There were so many chapters that we never got to write

       D
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night

     G
I remember where we started
I remember how you looked
D/F#         Em
But now I'm missing bits and pieces

         C
From the pages that you took

     Am
You never gave a reason and I'll forever wonder why

     D
We never got to finish the book of you and I
[Bridge]
G
Don't tell me, tell me that you're leaving

Em                                     Am
My belly hurts, and my heart is hardly beating right

                           D
I hate to beg but I'll try one last time
[Chorus]
       G
Don't tell me that it's over
The book of you & I
D/F#          Em
Now you've scribbled out my name

           C
And you've erased my favorite lines

       Am
There were so many chapters that we never got to write

       D
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night

      G
I remember where we started
I remember how you looked
D             Em
But now I'm missing bits and pieces

         C
From the pages that you took

     Am
You never gave a reason and I'll forever wonder why

     D                                       G
We never got to finish the book of you and I