Intro: Cadd9 G D

              Cadd9
You should've been there,
          G
Should've burst through the door
           D
With that "Baby I'm right here" smile
                Cadd9
And it would've felt like
  G                      D
a million little shining stars had just aligned
                      Cadd9   G  D
And I would've been so  happy


          Cadd9
Christmas lights glisten
            G
I've got my eye on the door
     D
Just waiting for you to walk in
            Cadd9
But the time is ticking
       G
People ask me how I've been, as I
D
Comb back through my memory
             Cadd9   G     D
How you said you'd be  here
         Cadd9    G  D
You said you'd, be  here


                     Cadd9   G
And it was like slow motion
         D
Standing there in my party dress
       Cadd9     G
In red lipstick
     D
With no-one to impress
                Cadd9     G
And they're all laughing
       D
As I'm looking around the room
                        Cadd9   G
But there was one thing missing
    D -once
And that was the moment I knew

Interlude:
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              Cadd9
And the hours pass by,
           G
Now I just want to be alone,
         D
But your close friends always seem to know
                       Cadd9
When there's something really wrong
        G                       D
So they follow me down the hall
          Cadd9
And there in the bathroom
      G
I try not to fall apart
        D
And the sinking feeling starts
                                 Cadd9 G     D
As I say hopelessly "He said he'd   be here"


                     Cadd9   G
And it was like slow motion
         D
Standing there in my party dress
       Cadd9     G
In red lipstick
     D
With no-one to impress
                Cadd9     G
And they're all laughing
    D
And asking me about you
                        Cadd9   G
But there was one thing missing
    D
And that was the moment I knew


Cadd9
What do you say when tears are
G
Streaming down your face in front of
D
Everyone you know?
Cadd9
And what do you do
                 G
When the one who means the most to you
D -once
Is the one who didn't show?

Interlude: Cadd9 G D

              Cadd9     G D
You should've been here,
                      Cadd9   G  D
And I would've been so  happy


                     Cadd9   G
And it was like slow motion
         D
Standing there in my party dress
       Cadd9     G
In red lipstick
     D
With no-one to impress
                Cadd9             G
And they're all sitting around me singing
 D
"Happy Birthday To You"
                        Cadd9   G
But there was one thing missing
    D
And that was the moment I knew


Cadd9    G    D
Oh, ohh, ohh, ohh, I knew
Cadd9    G    D
Oh, ohh, ohh, ohh,


              Cadd9
You called me later
               G
And said, "I'm sorry I didn't make it"
    D
And I said, "I'm sorry too"
                 Cadd9    G   D.....
And that was the moment I knew