* = strum once
[Intro]
Cadd9 G D
[Verse]
              Cadd9 
You should've been there,  
          G 
Should've burst through the door  
           D 
With that "Baby I'm right here" smile  
                Cadd9 
And it would've felt like  
  G                      D 
A million little shining stars had just aligned  
                      Cadd9   G  D 
And I would've been so  happy
[Verse]
          Cadd9 
Christmas lights glisten  
            G 
I've got my eye on the door  
     D 
Just waiting for you to walk in  
            Cadd9 
But the time is ticking 
       G 
People ask me how I've been, as I  
D 
Comb back through my memory 
             Cadd9   G     D 
How you said you'd be  here  
         Cadd9    G  D 
You said you'd, be  here
[Chorus]
                     Cadd9   G 
And it was like slow motion  
         D 
Standing there in my party dress 
       Cadd9     G 
In red lipstick 
     D 
With no one to impress 
                Cadd9     G 
And they're all laughing  
       D 
As I'm looking around the room 
                        Cadd9   G 
But there was one thing missing 
    D* 
And that was the moment I knew
[Instrumental]
Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 G D
[Verse]
              Cadd9 
And the hours pass by, 
           G 
Now I just want to be alone, 
         D 
But your close friends always seem to know  
                       Cadd9 
When there's something really wrong  
        G                       D 
So they follow me down the hall  
          Cadd9 
And there in the bathroom  
      G 
I try not to fall apart  
        D 
And the sinking feeling starts  
                                 Cadd9 G     D 
As I say hopelessly "He said he'd   be here"
[Chorus]
                     Cadd9   G 
And it was like slow motion  
         D 
Standing there in my party dress 
       Cadd9     G 
In red lipstick 
     D 
With no one to impress  
                Cadd9     G 
And they're all laughing  
    D 
And asking me about you 
                        Cadd9   G 
But there was one thing missing 
    D 
And that was the moment I knew
[Bridge]
Cadd9 
What do you say when tears are  
G 
Streaming down your face in front of 
D 
Everyone you know? 
Cadd9* 
And what do you do  
                 G* 
When the one who means the most to you  
D* 
Is the one who didn't show?  
Cadd9 G D  
  
              Cadd9     G D 
You should've been here,  
                      Cadd9   G  D 
And I would've been so  happy
[Chorus]
                     Cadd9   G 
And it was like slow motion  
         D 
Standing there in my party dress 
       Cadd9     G 
In red lipstick 
     D 
With no one to impress 
                Cadd9             G 
And they're all sitting around me singing  
 D 
"Happy Birthday To You" 
                        Cadd9   G 
But there was one thing missing 
    D 
And that was the moment I knew  
Cadd9    G    D 
Oh, ohh, ohh, ohh, I knew 
Cadd9    G    D     -stop 
Oh, ohh, ohh, ohh,
[Outro]
              Cadd9* 
You called me later  
               G* 
And said, "I'm sorry I didn't make it" 
    D* 
And I said, "I'm sorry too" 
                 Cadd9*   G*  D* 
And that was the moment I knew