Tom: F
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...
