Submitted by: Christopher R. 
October 19, 2003 
 
Intro:  E5  B5  E5  B5 

         E5 
I didn't realize I'd driven 
A5               E5
This far out of town 
      B5
But I really have no reason 
   E5
To turn around 

You're not waitin' dinner 
     A5                E5
Your waitin' days are done 
       B5
But my mind keeps racing back 

To things I can't outrun 
         E5
Like the guilt I carry with me 
        A5                 E5
For the love that went to waste 
    B5
The things I did to hurt you 
E5
Oh, the bitter taste 

For all the words unspoken 
  A5               E5
I felt but didn't say 
        B5
For the times I didn't get it 

Till the time you got away 
          E5
Oh, these afterthoughts  
             B5
After you've gone 
           E5               E5 A5
After it's dawned on me, I was wrong 
           E5
After it's too late 
                       B5
For you to forgive me, anymore 
      A5                   B5                E5
Oh, I should've had these afterthoughts, before 
 

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  C#5
I wish I'd thought about the price 
  A5
Before I paid 
B5
Now I'm sleepin' in the bed 
                   N.C.
That I alone, have made 
          F#5
Oh, these afterthoughts  
             C#5
After you've gone 
           F#5              F#5 B5
After it's dawned on me, I was wrong 
           F#5
After it's too late 
                       C#5
For you to forgive me, anymore 
      B5                   C#5               F#5
Oh, I should've had these afterthoughts, before 
           F#5
After it's too late 
                       C#5
For you to forgive me, anymore 
      B5                   C#5               F#5
Oh, I should've had these afterthoughts, before 
 
Fade out..