F C G Am

[Verse 1]
                        F
I'm standing on the 50 yard line
                         C
On the cold gray metal bleachers
                             G
Our old high school with the ghosts of our old teachers
               Am
Flipped the tassel, graduated
         F                            C
We broke up and matriculated to institutions of higher learning
                G
Candles at the both ends burning

Baby, don't the world keep turning


[Chorus]
         F
I guess standing here, I was thinking
           C
As our hometown sundown is slowly sinking
G
My brain's a diesel train, down the track
           Am
Saying you can come home but you can't go back
        F
You're happy and I'm happy you moved on
C
Sometimes I miss you so strong
G                             Am
Can't help but sing along to our song
                 F
And I didn't appreciate you then
              C
You probably hate me but in my defense
G                                Am
I didn't know that I didn't know how
                  F           C
I wish you could love me now
              G             Am
Baby now that I know how


[Verse 2]
                               F
I was a boy trying to love a woman
              C
But now I'm a man who knows how to keep a promise
G
That's a start
           Am
"Cross my heart, hope to die" kinda honest
F
I still taste that first kiss
          C                                            G
When the rain turned into tears and the mist on my windshield
                    Am
I admit I'm kinda broken

But I'll heal


[Chorus]
         F
I guess standing here, I was thinking
           C
As our hometown sundown is slowly sinking
G
My brain's a diesel train, down the track
         Am
Saying you can come home but you can't go back
        F
You're happy and I'm happy you moved on
C
Sometimes I miss you so strong
G                            Am
Can't help but sing along to our song
                  F
And I didn't appreciate you then
              C
You probably hate me but in my defense
G                                  Am
I didn't know that I didn't know how
                  F            C
I wish you could love me now
                       G             Am
Baby I wish you could love me now
                F          C
Oh I swear that I know how
                       G          Am
Baby I wish you could love me now


[Bridge]
                         F
Now that we're so much wiser, a little older
   C
I close my eyes and I still see you
   G
In my faded blue Malibu
                   Am
Remember when you loved me too


[Chorus]
         F
I guess standing here, I was thinking
           C
As our hometown sundown is slowly sinking
G
My brain's a diesel train, down the track
           Am
Saying you can come home but you can't go back
        F
You're happy and I'm happy you moved on
C
Sometimes I miss you so strong
G                            Am
Can't help but sing along to our song
                  F
And I didn't appreciate you then
              C
You probably hate me but in my defense
G                                   Am
I didn't know that I didn't know how
                  F            C
I wish you could love me now
              G            Am
Baby now that I know how
                  F            C
I wish you could love me now


[Outro]
                          G
I don't blame you if you hate me
                 Am                  F
But honestly baby, I wish you could love me now