G  C   D  Am   Dm  Em  F

[Verse]
C                             Am                   F
We sent our postcards saying "Wish you were here"
                         C
Then made love under the boardwalk pier
                       Am              F
I got it wrong and you started to cry
                        C             G
I said I loved you, but it was a lie
                    Dm      Em
You were gentle and I was rough
      F               C
I was talking big and acting tough
            G                        Dm        Em
Now I've forgotten your name, it was so long ago
             F
When we were two young kids
            C               G      C
No place to go, no place to go

[Verse]
                         Am            F
We lost touch, I had the world to see
                               C
I didn't think of you, did you think of me?
                              Am             F
When you fell in love, was he good and kind
                            C
Like I should have been for your first time?
            G                       Dm      Em
I should've got you a ring from the trinket store
            F                          C
And drawn a heart with an arrow on the boardwalk wall
      G                   Dm            Em
Maybe got you a flower to weave in your hair
                   F
I should have done something that was tender
               C                     G
To show that I cared, to show that I cared

[Chorus]
C          Am       G         F
That's the way life sometimes goes
               C     Em  F    G
How things can change, nobody knows

[Instrumental]
C   Am   F   C
C   Am   F   C   G   Dm Em F
C   G   Dm Em F
C

[Verse]
                        Am             F
For what it's worth and come what may
                       C
I'm feeling bad when I think of that day
                     Am             F
Young love should be pure and true
                      C
I should have been so good for you
         G                  Dm         Em
Do you remember the kid who got it all wrong?
           F                        C
Well, that kid's now a man and he's writing this song
       G                             Dm             Em
I'm composing these words, trying to tell you somehow
         F
I didn't love you then
               C               G
But I love you now, I love you now

[Chorus]
    C          Am       G         F
And that's the way life sometimes goes
               C     Em  F    G
How things can change, nobody knows
       Am       G    F
Nobody knows, nobody knows
               C         F    G
How things can change, nobody knows