This is a genuine three chord wonder! They don't come much easier than this, folks.

INTRO: A / E / D / E / A

CHORUS
A            E           D             E
It’s not a novel un-til you are reading it,
A            E           D          E
It’s not a poem un-til you recite it,
A           E             D            E         
It’s not a song until you start singing and
A         E            D           E             A
It’s not love until you start giving me it.

A              E              D            E
They’re just symbols on processed timber,
A             E                    D       E
They don’t mean a thing ‘til we are there.
A            E                      D                  E
We got to take them all and breath life into them,
A                 E                  D         A
And show the writer that we really all care.

Your love is like that unread novel, girl,
You hide away on the high top shelf.
You better take it down and dust it off again,
Or you’ll be stuck up there all by yourself.

CHORUS

I build you up but you tear me down, girl
I want our love to be an open book.
I’m having trouble getting past your cover, girl
But you don’t want to even take a look.

I’m looking everywhere for plot and character,
I want to know what makes you tick.
There are no words inside this useless paperback,
Just empty pages that make me sick, because...

CHORUS

BRIDGE
E                            A
I’m gonna find me a clean piece of paper, girl
D                             A           E
I'm gonna turn it into one long list.
E                                        A
I’m gonna write down all the things that matter, girl
D
Just so I don’t forget...
D                                  A         E
Just so I don't forget the things I miss!

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: A / E / D / E / A

I’m gonna find me a clean piece of paper, girl
I'm gonna turn it into one long list.
I’m gonna write down all the things that matter, girl
Just so I don’t forget the things I miss.

Your love and kisses under morning covers, girl
Your sweet caresses that I barely felt.
Your hot breath against my naked body, girl
The little signals that made me melt.

CHORUS
 

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