Next To Me

Intro: C C Em F C
       C Em F C

    C                            
Oh, our futures were written with 
                      Em
crayons in coloring books
           F                     
It was misspelled and outside the 
                       C
lines and we loved how it looked
            C               
Like the crooked hem of your 
                     Em
favorite childhood dress
        F                          
And the holes in my jeans from 
     C
years of carelessness

     F                          C
I know since we've grown, we ache 
for those memories
       F                           
Honestly, nothing's even compared 
     C               Em          C
to you next to me, next to me

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            C                      
When the words came to you for the 
                            Em
first time, you knew you were hooked
           F                       
And the pride that you felt at the 
                C
last page of your first book
           C                       
And the bravery I forced when I 
                    Em
sang to an audience of three
         F                         
Well, it took a million wrong notes
                            C
 just to find a single melody and 
key

     F                            
I know since we've grown we plea for
C
 clarity
       F                           
Honestly, nothing's ever made sense
        C                    Em   
 til you were next to me, next to 
           F
me

      Em          C            Em
If time is money, then I'll spend
                 F
 it all for you
          Em             C    
I will buy you flowers with the 
     Em              F
minutes we outgrew
        Em              C   
I'll turn hours into gardens, 
             Em             F
planted just for us to take
           Em               C
I'll be reckless with my days, 
              Em              F
building castles in your name

                           C
Since we've grown, we long for 
concrete things
        F                       
Honestly, nothing's felt so sure 
              C                    
than when you were next to me, next
Em
 to me

( C  Em  F  C  C )

     C                           
So lets cut down the red tape and 
                           Em
gather up the pieces of our youth
                F                  
Cause there's nothing in this world
 we can't fix with some scissors and
       C
 glue