INTRO:    |  A - E - F#m - E   |  B      |  A - E - B -- B7  |  E 
 
E                         F#m 
What do you say when it's over? 
           A               F#m         E 
Don't know if I should say anything at all. 
E                            F#m 
One day we're rollin' in the clover, 
A              B                E 
Next thing you know we take the fall. 
 

        E                                   F#m 
Still I think about the years since I first met you, 
        A                 F#m              E 
And the way it might have been without you here. 
        E                                 F#m 
I don't know if words from me can still upset you, 
              A                B            E 
But I've just got to make this memory stand clear. 
 

            A    E   F#m E    B 
        I know I'm leav-in'  he-re a better man, 
            A    E   F#m  E   B 
        For know-in' you this way. 
                 A        E    F#m   E     B 
        Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. 
                A    E   B             E 
        And I'm leav-in' here a better man.  
 
REPEAT INTRO:  
 |  A E F#m E   |  B      |  A E B B7  |  E 
Guess I always knew I couldn't hold you, 

But I'd never be the one to set you free. 

Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you, 

You still believe in some old meant-to-be's. 
 
        Still I'm leav-in' here a better man, 

        For know-in' you this way. 

        Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. 

        And I'm leav-in' here a better man. 
 
        Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man, 

        For know-in' you this way. 

        Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can. 

        And I'm leav-in' here a better man. 
 
BREAK:
   |  A E F#m E   |  B 
 
                  |  A - E - B   -  B       |  E        |  E

stop 
        Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man.