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[Verse 1]
  F                    Dm                     
There is not a single word 
               F                            Dm 
in the whole world that could describe the hurt,
                        Bb                                             
The dullest knife just sawing back and forth, 
                          Gm                C
and ripping through the softest skin there ever was

[Pre-Chorus]
(C)               Bb                        C
How were you to know? Oh, how were you to know?

[Chorus]
    F
And I, I hate to see your heart break,
                    Bb                                 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close, 
     Gm               C
but I've been there before.  (2x)

[Verse 2]
  F                   Dm                         
Love happens all the time, 
                      F                         Dm 
to people who aren't kind, and heroes who are blind,
                     Bb                                         
Expecting perfect scripted movie scenes.
                        Gm       C
Who wants an awkward silence mystery?

[Pre-Chorus]
(C)               Bb                        C
How were you to know? Oh, how were you to know?

[Chorus]
    F
And I, I hate to see your heart break,
                    Bb                                 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close, 
     Gm               C
but I've been there before.  (2x)

[Bridge]
(Dm)         F                   C      Dm
For all the air that's in your lungs,
             F              C    
For all the joy that is to come,
                         Bb
For all the things that you're alive to feel,
                    C
Just let the pain remind you hearts can heal.

[Pre-Chorus]
(C)               Bb                        C
How were you to know? Oh, how were you to know?

[Chorus]
    F
And I, I hate to see your heart break,
                    Bb                                 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close, 
     Gm               C
but I've been there before.  (2x)