C  F   C
C  F   C

[Verse]
C
Left all the flowers in the living room
                                Dm
Shook every hand I didn't know
                                            C
Stacked all the cards I'll read to you when I get alone
C
I made your bed, hung your favourite dress
                                       Dm
Mailed all the letters that you saved
                                                 C
Broke the news over every call that you couldn't make

[Chorus]
Am            G         C          F
Never written down in a will, on a page
        Am              G         C          F
I do my best to try and keep you around this place
              G                            C   F  C
'Cause I know, you would've wanted it that way

[Verse]
C
You oldest boy gave his girl your ring
                                 Dm
They set a wedding date in June
                                        C
Your daughter named her brown-eyed baby after you
C
I call my youngest brother once a day
                                   Dm
And you would be so proud to know
                                 C
He brings you yellow roses every time he's home

[Chorus]
Am            G         C          F
Never written down in a will, on a page
          Am              G         C          F
We do our best to try and keep you around this place
               G                            C
'Cause we know, you would've wanted it that way

[Instrumental]
Bb  F  Fm  C
Bb  F  G    C

[Verse]
C
I found a letter in your dresser drawer
                             Dm
With my name and no address
                                            C
Waiting for me and a birthday card that you never sent
C
You spoke to me like you never have
                                       Dm
The words you held back all this time
                                                  C
Were the ones you could never say while you were alive

[Chorus]
          Am                    G         C      F
Why did I have to hear you were proud of me this way?
          Am            G                     C         F
I'm gonna carry this letter around, so you're here everyday
              G       F    G                            C   F  C
'Cause I know, yes, I know, you would've wanted it that way
C
Wanted it that way, you