[Verse 1] 
GC A love song was playing on the radio
GDG It made me kind of sad because it made me think of you
GC And I wonder how you're doing but I wish I didn't care
GDG Because I gave you all I had and got the worst of you
 [Chorus] 
EmC By the way, I forgive you
C After all, maybe I should thank you
G For giving me what I've found
 Cause without you around 
DD7 I've been doing just fine
GG/F# EmD Except for any time I hear that song (ooh ooh ooh)
 [Verse 2] 
GC And didn't it break your heart when you watched my smile fading
GDG Did it ever cross your mind that one day the tables would be turned
GC They told me the best revenge would be a life well lived
GDG And the strongest one that holds would be the hardest one to earn
 [Chorus] 
EmC By the way, I forgive you
 After all, maybe I should thank you 
G For giving me what I've found
 Cause without you around 
DD7 I've been doing just fine
GG/F# EmDD7 Except for any time I hear that song (ooh ooh ooh)
GG/F# EmDG Oh, any time I hear that song (ooh ooh ooh)
 [Verse 3] 
GC When I woke up in the morning I was choking on some words
GDG There were things unsaid between us, there were things you never told
GC Now that's twice you broke my heart now, the first was way back then
GDG And to know that you're still unhappy only makes it break again
 [Chorus] 
EmC By the way, I forgive you
 After all, maybe I should thank you 
G For giving me what I've found
 Cause without you around 
DD7 I've been doing just fine
 
EmC By the way, I forgive you
 I never will, never will forget you 
G For giving me what I've found
 Cause without you around 
DD7 I've been doing just fine
GG/F# EmDD7 Except for any time I hear that song (ooh ooh ooh)
 [Outro] 
GG/F# EmDD7 Oh, any time I hear that song (ooh ooh ooh)
GG/F# EmD