23

 
G 
Crazy to think that if we went back to the middle 
D 
I would've drove a hundred, maybe hundred thousand miles 
Em 
You were my best friend 
C 
I was twenty, young, you made me smile 

G 
And then I lost you 
D 
I, I didn't love you, but 
 

 
Em 
You stood there, 23 
C 
With your buzz cut 
G 
Bike with your helmet on 
D 
And you tower over me 

Em 
I get drunk in your car 
C 
Then you play that song 
G 
When, why, what will I do? 
D 
When every song that I write's about you 
 

 
G 
When will I find 
D 
The strength to move on? 
Em 
When in the first place 
C 
I was wrong 

G 
You weren't mine 
D 
To begin with 
Em 
You never felt 
C 
The same 

G 
Three years and no one 
D 
Competes with 
Em 
The way that you 
C 
Played your game 
 

 
G 
Now I'm sitting all alone, just waiting for someone 
D 
To come and pick up all the pieces that you've left undone 
Em 
But now I realize that "someone" might as well be me 
C 
I'm so much wiser now that I'm the one who's 23 
 

 
Em 
Cause you stood there, 23 
C 
With your buzz cut 
G 
Now I've got your helmet on 
D 
Take a glimpse at you and me 

Em 
And I know, that in time 
C 
This will all be gone 
G 
When, why, what will I do? 
D 
When every song that I write's about you 
 

 
G 
When will I find 
D 
The strength to move on? 
Em 
When in the first place 
C 
I was wrong 

G 
You weren't mine 
D 
To begin with 
Em 
You never felt 
C 
The same 

G 
Three years and no one 
D 
Competes with 
Em 
Whatever you call our 
C 
Great renounce 
 

 
G 
Our broken vows 
D 
I sing this song 
Em 
With my heart still longing 
C 
For your love 

G 
I wasn't enough 
D 
Even with her 
Em 
Out of the picture 
C 
You still couldn't 

G 
(No you can't) 
D 
And you still wouldn't 
Em 
(And you won't) 
C 
Spare a gaze onto my way 
 

Outro 
G 
Now this is just a song 
D 
'Bout a guy long gone 
Em 
And I can't say your name 
C 
But all I can say is 

G 
When, why, what will I do? 
D 
Every song that I write's about you 
Em 
When will I find the strength to move on? 
C 
When in the first place I was wrong 

G 
You weren't mine to begin with 
D 
(No, you were never mine) 
Em 
You never felt the same 
C 
(Nevermind, nevermind) 

G 
Three years and no one competes with 
D 
The way that you played your game 
Em 
You weren't mine to begin with 
C 
You never felt the same 

G 
Three years and no one competes with 
D 
The way that you played your