Fm    Bb   Eb
It's the morning after
               Cm                            Fm     Bb    Eb
And we're on a train zigzagging 'cross the countryside
       Cm               Fm    Bb   Eb
On our way home from a party
            Cm          Fm Bb Eb Cm
That turned insane
                   Fm      Bb   Eb
He dozes off on my shoulder
               Cm       Fm    Bb  Eb
Wakes up suddenly, apologizes
                Cm
Looks the other way

[Chorus]
   Fm      Bb
So tell me how
Eb                   Cm
Tell me how I can tell him I love him
   Fm      Bb    Eb  Cm
So tell me how

[Verse 2]
                    Fm    Bb  Eb
The neighbor came a-knocking
                     Cm
Said she'd call the cops
                            Fm    Bb 
He said, "I'll turn down the stereo"
             Eb                Cm
Pretended to adjust the volume knob
         Fm    Bb
He's my best friend
           Eb            Cm
And we can talk about anything
   Fm              Bb
As long it's about nothing
   Eb               Cm
As long as it don't cut deeper than the skin

[Chorus]
Fm      Bb
Tell me how
Eb                Cm
Tell me how I can tell him I love him
   Fm      Bb
So tell me how
Eb                Cm
Tell me how I can tell him I love him, so
Fm      Bb    Eb   Cm
Tell me how

[Bridge]
                  Fm
I mean I guess he knows
            Bb Eb                       Cm                        Fm    Bb Eb Cm
Just like I know when he says something funny and I laugh from my belly
               Fm                              Bb
Or when Sandra left him and I held him when he cried
      Eb                 Cm                   Fm Bb Eb
For a moment he left his guard down and so did I

[Verse 3]
                     Fm    Bb   Eb                   Cm     
But it's so deep within me,     the way a man should be
                      Fm  Bb Eb             Cm
Passed on through generations of men before me
             Fm   Bb Eb Bb Eb         Cm             
A line drawn in the sand to keep us apart
             Fm   Bb Eb             Cm
A rusty, old padlock hanging on our hearts
   Fm      Bb    Eb Cm
So tell me how

[Outro]
                    Fm   Bb  Eb
We part ways at the station
             Cm                         Fm  Bb Eb
He's got his bike and he rides into the gap
               Cm
'Tween day and night
            Fm Bb Eb
Before he's gone 
                   Cm
he shouts, "Later, dude"
         Fm   Bb
I think, "Yeah
Eb
I love you too"