C G D Em  C G D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
                 C G D Em  C G D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh


[Verse]
C             G               D          Em
  You were in college working part-time, waiting tables
C        G          D
  Left a small town never looked back
C         G          D       Em
  I was a flight risk with a fear of falling
C                G           D
wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts


[Pre-Chorus]
C  G   D
     I say can you believe it?
C  G  D                       C    G
        As we're lying on the couch
    D
The moment I could see it
C    G   D
yes, yes,  I can see it now


[Chorus]
C                         G
  Do you remember we were sitting there by the water
D                         Em         D
  You put your arm around me for the first time
C                       G
  You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
D                       Em           D     C
  You are the best thing that's ever been mine


[Verse]
C       G                 D             Em
  Flash forward and we're taking on the world together
C               G          D
  And there's a drawer of my things at your place
C                G               D          Em
  You learned my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded?
C               G             D
  You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes


[Pre-Chorus]
C  G  D
        We got bills to pay
C  G  D                        C  G  D
        We got nothing figured out
                          C   G
When it was hard to take, yes yes
D       
This is what I thought about


[Chorus]
C                         G
  Do you remember we were sitting there by the water
D                         Em         D
  You put your arm around me for the first time
C                       G
  You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
D                       Em           D     (C)
  You are the best thing that's ever been mine

C                         G
  Do you remember all the city lights on the water
D                       Em            D
  You saw me start to believe for the first time
C                       G
  You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
D                       Em           D     (C)
  You are the best thing that's ever been mine


[Interlude]
C G D
                 C G D
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh


[Bridge]
        Em                   C
And I remember that fight, 2:30 AM
       D
'Cause everything was slipping right out of our hands
Em                      C                         D
I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street


[Pre-Chorus]
C  G         D
     Brace myself for the goodbye
C  G              D
     Cause that's all I've ever known
C  G     D
     And you took me by surprise
C  G               D                C
     You said I'll never leave you alone


[Chorus]
         C                   G
You said, "I remember how we felt sittin' by the water
D                             Em              D
  And every time I look at you, it's like the first time
C                       G
  I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter
D                                        (C)
  She is the best thing that's ever been mine


[Outro]
C        G
Hold on, make it last
D        Em         D
Hold on, never turn back

C                       G
  You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
D                                          C  G D
  You are the best thing that's ever been mine

 C     G    D
(Yeah, yeah) Do you believe it?
 C     G     D
(Yeah, yeah, hey) we’re gonna make it now
 C     G     D
(Yeah, yeah, hey) and I can see it
 C     G    D
 Yeah, yeah  (And I can see it now, see it now, see it now)