Submitted by: Christopher R. 
October 19, 2003 
 
Intro:  E  B7  E  B7 

         E 
I didn't realize I'd driven 
A               E
This far out of town 
      B7
But I really have no reason 
   E
To turn around 

You're not waitin' dinner 
     A                E
Your waitin' days are done 
       B7
But my mind keeps racing back 

To things I can't outrun 
         E
Like the guilt I carry with me 
        A                 E
For the love that went to waste 
    B7
The things I did to hurt you 
E
Oh, the bitter taste 

For all the words unspoken 
  A               E
I felt but didn't say 
        B7
For the times I didn't get it 

Till the time you got away 
          E
Oh, these afterthoughts  
             B
After you've gone 
           E               E/G# A
After it's dawned on me, I was wrong 
           E
After it's too late 
                       B
For you to forgive me, anymore 
      A                   B                E
Oh, I should've had these afterthoughts, before 
 

E  E  B  E  E/G#  A  E  E  B  A  B  E 
 
  C#m
I wish I'd thought about the price 
  A
Before I paid 
B
Now I'm sleepin' in the bed 
                   N.C.
That I alone, have made 
          F#
Oh, these afterthoughts  
             C#
After you've gone 
           F#              F#/A# B
After it's dawned on me, I was wrong 
           F#
After it's too late 
                       C#
For you to forgive me, anymore 
      B                   C#               F#
Oh, I should've had these afterthoughts, before 
           F#
After it's too late 
                       C#
For you to forgive me, anymore 
      B                   C#               F#
Oh, I should've had these afterthoughts, before 
 
Fade out..