D5     E5    F#5   D5      E5        A5 
Love will abide. Take things in stride.   
D5        E5        F#5               B5            E5 
Sounds like good advice, but there's no one at my side; 
     D5     E5     F#5   D5      E5        A5 
And time washes clean love's wounds unseen;  
   D5   E5           F#5   F#5      B5                 E5 
That's what someone told me, but I don't know what it means. 
 
Refrain: 
       D5    E5         A5              F#5     F#5     D5 
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine, 
       A5        E5     F#5      D5        A5     E5    A5        
And I think I'm gonna love you   for a long, long time. 
D5      E5      F#5     D5       E5         A5 
Caught in my fears, blinking back the tears;   
    D5    E5     F#5 F#5          B5           E5 
I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near. 
    D5 E5     F#5  D5         E5         A5 
And I never drew   one response from you,  
 D5       E5       F#5  F#5  B5             E5 
All the while you fell over girls you never knew.  
 
Repeat Refrain: 
D5    E5       F#5 D5     E5    A5 
Wait for the day   you go away,   
 D5       E5       F#5  F#5        B5                E5 
knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay; 
    D5       E5      F#5  D5      E5         A5 
And life's full of loss,  who knows the cost,  
D5      E5     F#5       F#5       B5             E5 
Living in the mem - o - ry of the love that never was. 
        D5        E5        A5              F#5      F#5        D5 
'Cause I've done    everything I know to try and change your mind, 
       A5        E5       F#5      F#5      A5      E5   A5    F#5 
And I think I'm   gonna miss you    for a long, long time. 
 
Coda: 
        D5       E5      A5 
'Cause I've done everything I know  
    A5                 D5 - D5 
To try and make you mine, 
        A5       E5       F#5       D5        A5     E5     A5 
And I think I'm   gonna love you    for a long, long time.