F                    Bb
She pours a glass of good red wine
        F                           C
Do you mind? He says and does the same
 F                        Bb                     F                 C
The wedding photo in the hall stares back at strangers from its frame
                   Dm                                     F
In these familiar rooms, where they watched the years go by
                    Dm                                  C
Somewhere along the way, they both stopped trying and trying


[Verse 2]:

             F                 Bb              F               C
And in his mind, he can still see her in that black dress he adored
         F                       Bb           F                C
Her girlfriends all looked up to her and the men were always floored
                      Dm                             F
She interrupts his daydream, with a question of her own
                         Dm                                    C
For the first time in a long time, he doesn’t feel like he’s alone


[Chorus 1]:

               F                 Bb                   F                    C
And she says, Why did you never take me to Paris or write my name in the stars?
 F                                Bb             F                       C
Why when you see that I need the most don’t you try and take me in your arms?
                       Dm                             F
Whispering sweet consolations, as if the die weren’t cast
                  C                  Bb                      F   Fsus F
And he looked surprised and said I guess because you never asked


[Bridge 1]:

            Bb               F     C
You never asked, you never asked
                     Dm        Bb         C         F
There’s nothing that I can do that will change the past


[Verse 3]:

             F                  Bb                F       C
And in her mind, she can still see him on his graduation day
         F                      Bb           F                   C
With a beard and horn-rimmed glasses and a smile that seemed to say
                         Dm                        F
You’ll never want for anything if you stick close by me
                     Dm                              C
He interrupts her daydream and says I know what you mean


[Chorus 2]:

     F                    Bb                          F                     C
But why do you roll your eyes at my stories and the jokes that you used to like?
 F                        Bb         F                       C
Why do you turn away from me when I lie down beside you at night?
                        Dm                                      F
When my confidence is shaken, why don’t you build me up from scratch?
               C                  Bb                      F   Fsus F
She looked surprised and said I guess because you never asked


[Bridge 2]:

            Bb               F   C
You never asked, you never asked
                     Dm         Bb        C         F
There’s nothing that we can do that can change the past
          Bb
So right now I’m asking do you love me?
       F                  Bb   C           Bb
Right now I’m asking, do you still give a damn?
    Bb
I don't know


[Guitar Solo]:

F F Bb F F F C C F F F Dm F C Bb Bb Bb C F


[Verse 4]:

       F           Bb            F              C
Thank God for red wine and an antique kitchen light
      F                                  Bb                                  C
that lets the shadows dance across the floor and hit both their faces just right

Till they’re saying


[Chorus 3]:

 F                    Bb                  F                        C
Why don’t we take a blanket out back and watch the stars from our lawn
 F                        Bb                           F                          C
We can pretend it’s the banks of the Seine, laugh at those dumb old stories till just before dawn
                                   Dm                      F
Then we’ll make it like the first time, as if it were our last
                      Bb             C             F  Fsus F
We’ll answer every question we were too afraid to ask
                    Bb          C            F
The answer’s always no if you never dare to ask