D                    G
  I met a girl named Tara
        D                      A
And she lived in the heart of America
    D        
She liked black Caddies
    G 
Listened to Puff Daddy
E                          A
Danced until her legs were sore
D                       G
  She worked around the corner
     D                      A
At a diner with the grouchy owner
        D                G                        E
And her boyfriend Shady, dates another girl named Katie
             A
He loves her definitely maybe

D
Don't think I can take it
G
Wake me when it's over
D
Seems so far away
  A
I wish that it was closer
  D
I see you every day
    G
I'm too scared to go over
  D
I wonder what she'd say
  A
I barely even know her

Chorus:
D
 How much longer
     A
Will this keep getting stronger
  Bm                                                 G
I wonder what she's doing when I'm singin' myself to sleep
D
 Cause he's a faker
A
So see ya later
  Bm                                                      G
I wonder when you'll realize that she means a lot more to me

  D              G               D                   A
I saw you in the hallway when my last class was just over
       D                  G
It was Friday, school was out tonight
E                   A
Everything seems to be alright
  D                 G            D            A
I said, "Yo are you going to the party at The Cove?"
                D             G                E               A
She said, "He's picking me up six again, and I don't wanna disappoint my boyfriend."


D                         G
 And she's staring at his picture hanging in her locker
Bm                            A
 She's telling all the girls about all the things that he bought her
D                           G
 I saw what really happened all those times he went for water
Bm                         A
 When we were at the movie theater watching Harry Potter
D
 He had his hands on
G                             Bm
Every single girl he laid his eyes on
                 A
Hate to break it to you, he's a pylon
D    G
 And even when he kissed her
Bm                    A
 He was looking over, staring at her sister


D                    A
  I met a girl named Tara
        Bm                     G
And she lived in the heart of America
    D        
She liked black Caddies
    A 
Listened to Puff Daddy
Bm                         G
Danced until her legs were sore
D                       A
  She worked around the corner
     Bm                     G
At a diner with the grouchy owner
        D                A                        Bm
And her boyfriend Shady, dates another girl named Katie
             G