My version by ear.
Capo 2
F#
After the breakup,
C#
I really thought we'd make up.
D#m
Give her a little time, I'd be on her mind
B
And suddenly she'd wake up.
F#
But today if you listen,
C#
Softly off in the distance,
D#m
Somewhere 'cross town, you can hear the sound
B
Of wedding bells ringing.
B
And there's bird seed on the concrete,
F# C#
And she's waving goodbye
B
And they're driving away
F# C# B
And everybody cheerin' them on as the taillights fade
F# C#
Yeah she's really gone,
B C# C#7
I thought someday that would be me
F# C#
But now she's driving away in that limousine
B
And I'm holdin' on
C# F#
Like a tin can on a string.
F#
Somewhere in my mind,
C#
I'm the one by her side.
D#m
In that backseat, talkin' 'bout the beach
B
And that honeymoon flight.
F#
I'd play the whole thing out,
C#
From the kids to the house,
D#m B
To the future that we always dreamed about.
B
But there's bird seed on the concrete,
F# C#
And back here in reality
B
She's driving away
F# C# B
And everybody cheerin' them on as the taillights fade
F# C#
Yeah she's really gone,
B C# C#7
I thought someday that would be me
F# C#
But now she's driving away in that limousine
B
And I'm holdin' on
C# F#
Like a tin can on a string.
F# B C# F#
B C# C#7
I thought someday that would be me
F# C#
But now she's driving away in that limousine
D#m B
And I'm not ready to let go of everything
F# C#
So I'm holdin' on, I'm holdin' on
*Short Pause*
F#
Like a tin can on a string.
*Play The Ending Off However You Want*