VERSE 1:
[C] You were in [G] college working [D] part-time, [Em] waiting tables
[C] Left a [G] small town [D] never looked back
[C] I was a [G] flight risk [D] with a [Em] fear of falling
[C] wondering why we [G] bother with [D] love if it never lasts

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[C] [G] I [D] say can you believe it?
[C] [G] [D] As we're lying on the [C] couch[G]
The [D] moment I could see it
[C] yes, [G] yes, [D] I can see it now

CHORUS 1:
[C] Do you remember we were [G] sitting there by the water
[D] You put your arm around [Em] me for the [D] first time
[C] You made a rebel of a [G] careless man's careful daughter
[D] You are the best thing [Em] that's ever [D] been mine [C]

VERSE 2:
[C] Flash [G] forward and we're [D] taking on the [Em] world together
[C] And there's a [G] drawer of [D] my things at your place
[C] You learned my [G] secrets and you [D] figure out [Em] why I'm guarded?
[C] You say we'll [G] never make my [D] parents' mistakes

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[C] [G] [D] We got bills to pay
[C] [G] [D] We got nothing figured [C] out[G] [D]
When it was hard to take, [C] yes [G] yes
[D] This is what I thought about

CHORUS 2:
[C] Do you remember we were [G] sitting there by the water
[D] You put your arm around [Em] me for the [D] first time
[C] You made a rebel of a [G] careless man's careful daughter
[D] You are the best thing [Em] that's ever [D] been mine

CHORUS 3:
[C] Do you remember all the [G] city lights on the water
[D] You saw me start to be[Em] lieve for the [D] first time
[C] You made a rebel of a [G] careless man's careful daughter
[D] You are the best thing [Em] that's ever [D] been mine

BREAK: [C] [G] [D] / [C] [G] [D]

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

PRE-CHORUS 4:
[C] [G] Brace my-[D]-self for the goodbye
[C] [G] Cause that's [D] all I've ever known
[C] [G] And [D] you took me by surprise
[C] [G] You said I'll [D] never leave you a-[C]-lone

CHORUS 4:
You said,[C] "I remember how we [G] felt sittin' by the water
[D] And every time I look at [Em] you, it's like the [D] first time
[C] I fell in love with a [G] careless man's careful daughter
[D] She is the best thing that's ever been mine [C]

OUTRO:
[C] Hold on, [G] make it last
[D] Hold on, [Em] never turn [D] back
[C] You made a rebel of a [G] careless man's careful daughter
[D] You are the best thing that's ever been m[C] ine[G] [D]
([C] Yeah, [G] yeah) [D] Do you believe it?
([C] Yeah, [G] yeah [D] hey) we’re gonna make it now
([C] Yeah, [G] yeah [D] hey) and I can see it
[C] Yeah, [G] yeah [D] (And I can see it now, see it now, see it now)