Intro:  C  F  C  Dm  G7 
 
C              F 
  I did my best 
         G/B                         Am 
But I guess my best wasn't good enough 
       Dm                 G7            C      A7 
'Cause here we are back where we were before 
       Dm            G7 
Seems nothing ever changes 
       Em          Am 
We're back to be strangers 
Dm              Em 
Wondering if we are to stay 
    F               G7 
Or head on out the door 
  

C       G/C          Bb/C          C7             F
  Just once can we figure out what we keep doing wrong 
Dm      G7                  Em7   Am 
Why we never last for very long 
             Dm             G7 
What are we doing wrong 
C      G/C         Bb/C            C7              F 
  Just once can we find a way to finally make it right 
Dm              G7                 Em7      Am 
Make the magic last for more than just one night 
Dm                   Em                      
If we could just get to it 
  F                       G7            C  F  C  G7 
I know we could break through it 
  
I gave my all 

But I think my all may have been too much 

Lord knows we're not getting anywhere 

Seems we're always blowing 

Whatever we've got going 

And seems that time was all we've got 

We haven't got a break 
  
Just once can we figure out what we keep doing wrong 

Why the good times never last for very long 

What are we going wrong 

Just once can we find a way to finally make it right 

Make the magic last for more than just one night 

I know we could break through it 

If we could just get to it 
  

      Ab               Db 
Just once I want to understand 
Bbm            Eb             Ab 
Why it always comes back to goodbye 
B                     E 
Why can't we get ourselves in hand 
F#m           E 
And admit to one another 
F#m              E 
Were no good without each other 
F#m                 E 
Take the best, and make it better 
Em             A7 
Find a way to stay together 
 

D     A/D        C/D            D7              Gm7 
Just once can we find a way to finally make it right 
Em              A7                F#m      Bm   
Make the magic last for more than just one night 
   Em                          F#m 
I know we could break through it 
    G                 A7    D A7  D A7               
If we could just get to it 
         D 
Whoa oh 
             Em  Am 
We could get to it 
        D    G  D  Em  A7  B 
Just once.