B....B....B....B.
LBong were the nights
When my days once revolved around yBou
CBounting my footsteps
Prayin' the floor won't fall thrBough again
C B#m C
And my mother accused me of losin' my mind
But I swBore I was fine
You?pBaint?me?a blue sky
Then?go back to?turn it to rBain
And I lBived in your chess game
But you change the rules every dBay
C B#m
Wonderin' which version of you
I might gCet on the phBone tonight
Well, I stCopped pickin' up
B#m C B
And this song is to let you know why
Dear JoBhn, I see it all now that you're gBone
B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The gCirl in the dress cried the whBole way home
I shoulda knBown
B....B.
Well, mBaybe it's me and my blind optimism to blBame
Or maybe it's yBou and your sick need
To give love and take it awBay
C B#m C
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors
Who dBon't understand
C B#m C
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
"Run as fBast as you can"
Dear JBohn, I see it all now that you're gBone
B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The gCirl in the dress cried the whBole way home
Dear JBohn, I see it all now, it was wrBong
B#m
Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played by
Your dCark, twisted games when I lBoved you so?
I shoulda knBown

[Instrumental Break]
B....B.
B#m C
You are an expert at "Sorry" and keepin' lines blurry
NBever impressed by me acing your tests
B#m C
All the girls that you run dry have tired, lifeless eyes
'Cause you bBurned them out
C B#m C
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So dBon't look now
I'm shCining like fireworks oBver your sad, empty tBown..B.
B#m C B
Oh.........
Dear JoBhn, I see it all now that you're gBone
B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The gCirl in the dress cried the whBole way hoBme
I see it all now that you're gBone
B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The gCirl in the dress wrote yBou a song
You shoulda knBown
You shoulda knBown
B..Don't you think I was too yoBung?
You shoulda known.B..