Intro: Bb F Bb F Verse 1 Bb F Maybe it was to learn how to love Bb G Maybe it was to learn how to leave Bb Am B Maybe it was for the games we played Bb F Maybe it was to learn how to choose Bb G Maybe it was to learn how to lose Bb F G Maybe it was for the love we made Chorus C F C F G Love is everything they said it would be C F G And love made sweet and sad the same C F C F But love forgot to make me too blind to see Dm C You're chickening out aren't you? Dm C You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum Dm C I can't wait 'til you make the whole kingdom come G C So I'm leaving Verse 2 Bb F Maybe it was to learn how to fight Bb G Maybe it was for the lesson in pride Bb Am B Maybe it was the cowboys' ways Bb F Maybe it was to learn not to lie Bb G Maybe it was to learn how to cry Bb F G Maybe it was for the love we made Chorus C F C F G Love is everything they said it would be C F G Love did not hold back the reins C F C F But love forgot to make me too blind to see Dm C You're chickening out aren't you? Dm C You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum Dm C I can't wait 'til you make the whole kingdom come G F So I'm leaving Bridge F C First he turns to you Dm Then he turns to her C So you try to hurt him back F But it breaks your body down C So you try to love bigger Dm Bigger still G G But it...it's too late Verse 3 C F C F G So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel C F G And know you'll never be the same C F C F And find it in your heart to kneel down and say Dm C I gave my love didn't I? Dm C And I gave it big...sometimes Dm C And I gave it in my own sweet time G C I'm just leaving F G C I'm just leaving Outro C F Love is everything... Love is everything... Love is everything... Love is everything...