Intro: C     G     F  G  C     G     F  G C


Verse 1:
      F                       Dm                     C          G
Yo-ou can’t kick the leaves today darling cause it’s wet u-underfoot
         F                        Dm         C       G
And your friends subscribe to the view, that I am no good
          F                   Dm              C               G
Still I'd like to express the sincerity of my actions towards you, 
      F       Dm                   C           G      F   G
Early o-ho-n,    Is there hope for us?

Chorus:
C                    F                 G
  I didn’t think it’d hurt to think of you, 
      Am        F                  C
But it pains me pains me a kind of loving,
C          F              G                Am        F
  Prior to which we never knew     o-oh it pains me

Link: C     G     F  G 

Verse 2:
     F                Dm                C           G
In a town as small as this one, there’s no escaping you
          F                 Dm                 C                G 
Though, I know you're not impressed by me what would you have me do?
     F                 Dm                  C        G
I'll immerse myself in guilt and pain, for your benefit
     F      Dm                  C      G    F G 
Wo-o-o-o-w    Is there hope for us?

Chorus:
C                    F                 G
  I didn’t think it’d hurt to think of you, 
      Am         F                 C
But it pains me pains me a kind of loving,
C          F              G                Am        F
  Prior to which we never knew     o-oh it pains me

Link: C     G     F  G 

C                       F                   
  I was but a boy but I won't be soon
     G                                F G         
 The consequences of the things we do,   
              C          F            G        F   G
 They will be felt, long after we are young

Chorus:
C                    F                 G
  I didn’t think it’d hurt to think of you, 
       Am       F                  C
But it pains me pains me a kind of loving,
C          F              G                Am        F
  Prior to which we never knew     o-oh it pains me