By the Book

	  		D            A             Bm               D 
As I slowly turn the pages I see all these smiling faces 
G                 D            A               A7 
It's hard to be-lieve it was today ten years a-go 
D              D       Bm                D 
Here is the invitation To our wedding celebration 
G                                              A 
Just look at the promise that these pictures show  I know 
           G                D 
If I had loved her by the book 
              Bm        A      D 
She would be right here by my side 
D               G  
The fool that I am 
        D                   Bm 
I overlooked my promist to love her forever 
Bm 
For worst or for better  
Bm                                Em      A       D       
We'd still be together If I had loved her by the book 
D                 A              Bm           D 
If I opened this book more often I wouldn't have forgotten 
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How much she cared and how much I meant my solomn vows 
D             A               Bm        D 
To honor To have and hold her But as I read them over 
G                                      A 
I know it's too late to say I'm sorry now Somehow 
G                D 
If I had loved her by the book 
              Bm        A      D 
She would be right here by my side 
D               G  
The fool that I am 
        D                   Bm 
I overlooked my promist to love her forever 
Bm 
For worst or for better  
Bm                                Em             
We'd still be together If I had loved her  
G                D 
If I had loved her by the book 
              Bm        A      D 
She would be right here by my side 
D               G  
The fool that I am 
        D                   Bm 
I overlooked my promist to love her forever 
Bm 
For worst or for better  
Bm                                Em      A       D       
We'd still be together If I had loved her by the book 
           Em       A      D 
If I had loved her by the book