Intro: G D C D G D C D

        G (320003@1)                              CYou (x32010@1)must have been in a place so dark
                       GYou (320003@1)couldn't feel the light
  Em (022000@1)             D (xx0232@1)        Cadd9 (x32030@1)     GReaching (320003@1)for you through that stormy cloud
                               C (x32010@1)          GNow (320003@1)here we are gathered in our little home town
      Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)     GThis (320003@1)can't be the way you meant to draw a crowd

    D (xx0232@1)             COh (x32010@1)why, that's what I keep asking
            G (320003@1)                  DWas (xx0232@1)there anything I could have said or done
             C (x32010@1)                      GOh (320003@1)I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
    Dsus (xx0233@1)    D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)DGod (xx0232@1)only knows what went wrong
     C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)                   D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)
 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Dand (xx0232@1)why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

    G (320003@1)                                  C (x32010@1)       GNow (320003@1)in my mind I'll keep you frozen as a 17 year old
Em (022000@1)                D (xx0232@1)      Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GRounding (320003@1)third to score the winning run
                                   C (x32010@1)             GYou (320003@1)always played with passion no matter what the game
          Em (022000@1)                D (xx0232@1)      Cadd9 (x32030@1)      GWhen (320003@1)you took the stage you shined just like the sun

    D (xx0232@1)             COh (x32010@1)why, that's what I keep asking
           G (320003@1)                   DWas (xx0232@1)there anything I could have said or done
             C (x32010@1)                      GOh (320003@1)I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
    Dsus (xx0233@1)    D (xx0232@1)         Em (022000@1) DGod (xx0232@1)only knows what went wrong
     C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)                   D (xx0232@1)         Emand (022000@1)why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

Interlude: D C G Em D C G 
D Em(7) D   Am C(hold)

         G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)           GNow (320003@1)the oak trees a swaying in the early autumn breeze
     Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GThe (320003@1)golden sun is shining on my face
                             C (x32010@1)          GTangled (320003@1)thoughts I hear the mocking bird sing
 Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)        Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GThis (320003@1)old world really ain't that bad a place

    D (xx0232@1)            COh (x32010@1)why there's no comprehending
     G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)who am I to try judge or explain
                   CBut (x32010@1)I do have one burning question
     G (320003@1)                  Dsus (xx0233@1)        DWho (xx0232@1)told you life wasn't worth the fight
           EmThey (022000@1)were wrong
      CThey (x32010@1)lied
            Em (022000@1)        CNow (x32010@1)you're gone and we cry
              Cadd9(hold)  Am (x02210@1)             D (xx0232@1)         
   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
It's just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song

         D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C DYour (xx0232@1)beautiful song

        G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32030@1">C(add9)  D(sus)(D)     GYour (320003@1)absolutely         beautiful     song