(Verse 1)
         GShe (320003@1)was just a year ahead of me
         AmBut (x02210@1)that meant so much back then, you see
         D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)        
When the high school boys caught wind of me
       G (320003@1)            DThey (xx0232@1)threw me in the mud

(Verse 2)
And I fought my way to the car that night
And I cursed the water, and I cursed the light
But I learned to swim, and I learned to fight
For the things that mean the most

C/GAnd (3x555x@1)oh,
       D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)            CSweet (x32010@1)Samantha dear, I know it's been so many years
       D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1)    CAnd (x32010@1)I hope that they have been kind, my friend
       G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)              
9Oh, I think about you now and then

 Am (x02210@1)                   EmWhen (022000@1)the sun is sinking low
 Am (x02210@1)                   EmOver (022000@1)the docks by the shore
 Am (x02210@1)                             DWhere (xx0232@1)I laid up in green fields with you
         C (x32010@1)                     GSinging (320003@1)only the songs that we knew
         C (x32010@1)                     GSinging (320003@1)only the songs that we knew
         C (x32010@1)                     GSinging (320003@1)only the songs that we knew