Verse
D#
We were both young when I first saw you
G#
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
Cm G#
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air
D#
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
G#
See you make your way through the crowd
Cm
And say hello
A#
Little did I know
G# A#
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
Cm D#
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
G#
And I was crying on the staircase
A# Cm
Begging you, please, don't go
[Verse 2]
D#
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
A# Fm
Been here all along so why can't you see
G#
You belong with me
D#
Standing by and waiting at your back door
A#
All this time
How could you not know
Fm G#
Baby you belong with me
D#
You belong with me
[Verse 3]
D# Fm G# A#
I was walking up the front porch steps after everything that day,
D# Fm G# A#
Had gone all wrong, had been trampled on and lost and thrown away,
D# Fm G# A#
Got to the hallway well on my way to my lovin' bed,
D# Fm
I almost didn't notice all the roses,
G# A#
And the note that said,
[Verse 4]
F C Dm A#
Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
F C A#
And all you're ever going to be is mean
F C Dm A#
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
F C A#
And all you're ever going to be is mean
F
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Verse 5]
Cadd9 G# D# Fm7
Oh we called it off again last night
Cadd9 G# D# Fm7
But oh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
Cadd9 G# D# Fm7 D#/G
We are never ever, ever getting back together
Cadd9 G# D# Fm7 D#/G
We are never ever, ever getting back together
Cadd9 G# D# Fm7 D#/G
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
Cadd9 G# D#
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together
[Verse 6]
Cm G# A#
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
D# A# Cm
So shame on me now
G# A#
Flew me to places I'd never been
D# A#
Till you put me down oh
Cm G# A#
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
D# A# Cm
So shame on me now
G# A#
Flew me to places I'd never been
D# Cm
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Cm G# A# D# A# Cm
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Cm G# A# D# A#
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
[Verse 7]
G# D#
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
A#
Missing him was dark grey all alone
G# Cm A#
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
[Verse 8]
D# A#
Cause here we are again in the middle of the night.
Cm G#
We dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light
D# A# Cm G#
Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all too well, yeah.
D# A#
Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise.
Cm G#
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
D# A# Cm G#
It was rare,I was there I remember it all to well
[Verse 9]
G# Cm A#
And that's why he's spinning 'round in my head
G#
Comes back to me, burning red
G# Cm A#
Why he's spinning 'round in my head
G#
Comes back to me, burning red