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The written word was just enough,
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To keep us going when the world would get a little tough.
Cadd9 G
And, I held you up when winter came,
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And no one said a thing when everything became so very
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Complicated complicated complicated they said.
Cadd9 G
The spring held nothing but surprise,
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And all that we ignored was open to our eyes.
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And I said, then maybe we should settle down,
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Find a cottage or a tunnel underground
And we'll be
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Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,
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Complicated complicated complicated they said.
Em C G D
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,
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Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, we'll have to go,
Em C
Back to the that we were
G
Before we were us,
D
Before I was me,
Em C
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
G D
Than you'll ever see,
Em Cadd9
'Cause that's the way it has to be,
G D
The way it has to be.
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Cadd9 G
We felt the summer on our skin,
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We curled up in the warmth and let each other in.
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And I asked, "Have you felt this way before..."
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You turned to me said "No I'll be forever yours..."
And we'll be
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Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,
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Complicated complicated complicated they said.
Em C G D
Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,
Em C G D
And I said ohhhhhhhohh, we'll have to go,
Em C
Back to the that we were
G
Before we were us,
D
Before I was me,
Em C
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
G D
Than you'll ever see,
'Cause that's the way it has to...
Em C
I would push and you would pull away from me my heart would bleed
Em C
And I'd say things I didn't mean to try and get you back to me.
Em
We've bent the rules, played the games
C
And never said we felt the same.
Em
We ended things like we began.
C D
And feared what we became...
Em C
So we'll go back, to the that we were,
G
Before we were us,
D
Before I was me,
Em C
Before we were, happier than I've ever been,
G D
Than you'll ever see,
'Cause that's the way it has to...
Em C
Back to the way that we were,
G
Before we were us,
D
Before I was me,
Em C
Before we were happier than I've ever been,
G D
Than you'll ever see,
Em7 Cadd9 G D
'Cause that's the way it has to be.
Em7 Cadd9
That's the way it has to be.
G D
The way it has to be.
