G Csus/G C/G G
I found her diary underneath the tree and started reading about me
G Csus/G C/G G
The words she'd written took me by surprise; you'd never read them in her eyes.
Edim7 G D7 D#dim7 Em G7
She said that she had found the love she'd waited for
C G C G
Wouldn't you know it? She wouldn't show it
G Csus/G C/G G
Then she, confronted with the writing there, simply pretended not to care
G Csus/G C/G G
I passed it off as just in keeping with her total disconcerting air.
Edim7 G D7 D#dim7 Em Dm7 G7
And though she tried to hide the love that she denied
C G C G
Wouldn't you know it? She wouldn't show it.
D7 D#dim7 Em G7 C
And as I go through my life
Am7 D7 G
I will give to her, my wife
C B7sus4
All the sweet things I can find.
G Csus/G C/G
I found her diary underneath the tree and started reading about me
G F/G C/G
The words began to stick, then tears to fall. Her meaning now was clear to see
Edim7 G D7 D#dim7 Em G7
The love she'd waited for was someone else, not me.
C G C G
Wouldn't you know it? She wouldn't show it.
D7 D#dim7 Em G7 C
And as I go through my life
Am7 D7 G
I will wish for her, his wife
C G
All the sweet things she can find
C C/D G
