AThere's (x02220@1)a girl

Across the sea
                                                                   GAnd (320003@1)though I'm happy being loved it doesn't feel like love to me.
                          ANever (x02220@1)feels like love to me.

AThere's (x02220@1)a girl

Next to me
                                                         GAnd (320003@1)she's happy being lovely and it's not enough for me.
                      AIt's (x02220@1)not enough for me.

G (320003@1)            F# (244322@1)             DYou're (xx0232@1)out of mind, I'm out of time,
         A (x02220@1)              GI (320003@1)only want what I can't see,
D (xx0232@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)                    ABut (x02220@1)I'll still wait for her to run to me.

Once a boy

Now a man
                                                                   GAnd (320003@1)even though I've grown 'the best I could' is still the best I can.
                           DI'm (xx0232@1)loving you the best I can

AAnd (x02220@1)the girl

Who's across the sea
                                                                GAnd (320003@1)traveled halfway round the world to be the perfect girl for me
                             AIn (x02220@1)all the ways you used to be.

G (320003@1)            F# (244322@1)              DYou're (xx0232@1)out of mind, I'm out of time
         A (x02220@1)               GI (320003@1)only want what I can't see
D (xx0232@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)everything about her's new to me.

E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        ANow (x02220@1)I see everything we do as a routine
E (022100@1)    D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)           EFamiliarity (022100@1)breeds awful things in me.

G (320003@1)              F# (244322@1)                DI (xx0232@1)was out of my mind, now I'll make time
          A (x02220@1)               GTo (320003@1)be the man that I could be

D (xx0232@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)                                     AAnd (x02220@1)I was blind to think that you weren't right for me
G (320003@1)         Gm (355333@1)                             DAnd (xx0232@1)I was blind to think it lay across the sea