Standard (EADGBE)

Chorus

This is the story of a girl,

who cried a river and drowned the whole world

and while she looks so sad in photographs,

I absolutely love her

when she smiles

1st Verse:

How many days in a year

she woke up with hope but she only found tears

And I can be so insincere

making the promises never for real

As long as she stands there waiting

Wearin' the holes in the soles of her shoes

How many days disappear

You look in the mirror, so how do you choose

Pre-chorus

Your clothes never wear as well the next day

and your hair never falls in quite the same way,

you never seem to run out of things to say

Chorus

This is the story of a girl

who cried a river and drowned the whole world

and while she looks so sad in photographs,

I absolutely love her

when she smiles

2nd Verse:

How many lovers would stay

just to put up with this everyday and all day

How did we wind up this way,

watching our mouths for the words that we say

As long as we stand here waiting

wearing the clothes of the souls that we choose

How do we get there today

When we're walking too far for the price of our shoes

Pre-chorus

Your clothes never wear as well the next day

and your hair never falls in quite the same way,

you never seem to run out of things to say

Chorus

This is the story of a girl

who cried a river and drowned the whole world

and while she looks so sad in photographs,

I absolutely love her

when she smiles

Interlude

x4):

Pre-chorus

Your clothes never wear as well the next day

and your hair never falls in quite the same way,

you never seem to run out of things to say

Chorus/Outro:

This is the story of a girl

who cried a river and drowned the whole world

and while she looks so sad in photographs,

I absolutely love her

This is the story of a girl

who's pretty face she hid from the world

and while she looks so sad in photographs,

I absolutely love her

This is the story of a girl

who cried a river and drowned the whole world

and while she looks so sad in photographs,

I absolutely love her,

when she smiles,

when she smiles