*In the real song, a high G is played on the high e string
throughout the song, but it sounds fine without it.
However, I do recommend keeping the high G held
during the bridge.
Capo 7
[Em] [C] [G] (2x)
Verse
[C] [G]
You kept all the things I threw away.
[C] [G]
A leaf I picked a birthday card I made.
[C] [Am] [Em] [D]
Holding on to memories of you and me we didn't last a year,
C (once) Am (once)
We're just a box of souvenirs.
Chorus
[Em] [C] [G] [Em]
May-be I pulled the panic cord
[C] [G] [Em]
May-be you were happy I was bored
[C] [G]
Maybe I wanted you to change
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame
Verse
[C] [G]
This meant more to you than it did to me.
[C] [G]
I was full of doubts and you believed.
[C] [Am] [Em] [D]
The more that you keep comin' over, the more I know it's over dear.
C (once) Am (once)
We're just a box of souvenirs.
Chorus
[Em] [C] [G] [Em]
May-be I pulled the panic cord
[C] [G] [Em]
May-be you were happy I was bored
[C] [G]
Maybe I wanted you to change
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame
[Em] [C] [G] [Em]
May-be you were just too nice to me
[C] [G] [Em]
May-be it took me way too long to leave
[C] [G]
Maybe once we felt the same
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame.
Bridge
(for the bridge, keep playing a G on the high e string at all times)
[D] [Em]
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
[C]
That's the way the story go-oes (2x)
Chorus
(Strum each chord once for the first half of the chorus)
[Em] [C] [G] [Em]
May-be I pulled the panic cord
[C] [G] [Em]
May-be you were happy I was bored
[C] [G]
Maybe I wanted you to change
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame
(begin normal strumming again)
[Em] [C] [G] [Em]
May-be you were just too nice to me
[C] [G] [Em]
May-be it took me way too long to leave
[C] [G]
Maybe once we felt the same
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame
[Em] [C] [G]
Maybe I'm the one to blame.
[Em] [C] [G] (once)
Maybe I'm the one to blame.
