[Intro]
D     D
[Verse]
D                            
You're on the phone with your
                     A 
 girlfriend, she's upset 
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset 
                                    
She's going off about something that
     Em 
 you said  
She's going off about something that you said  
                                 
'Cause she doesn't get your humor
      G 
 like I do 
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do 
D                             
I'm in the room it's a typical
          A 
 Tuesday night  
I'm in the room it's a typical Tuesday night  
                                  
I'm listening to the kind of music
              Em 
 she doesn't like  
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like  
                                     
And she'll never know your story like
 G 
 I do 
And she'll never know your story like I do 
[Pre-Chorus]
    Em                      G 
But she wears short skirts, I wear
 T-shirts  
But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts  
D                       A 
She's cheer captain and I'm on the
 bleachers  
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers  
Em                              G 
Dreaming about the day when you wake
 up and find 
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find 
                A 
That what you're looking for has been
 here the whole time 
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time 
[Chorus]
             D 
If you could see that I'm the one who
 understands you  
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you  
A                                    
Been here all along, so why can't you
 Em 
 see? 
Been here all along, so why can't you see? 
                G                  
You belong with me, you belong with
 D 
 me
You belong with me, you belong with me
[Instrumental]
D
[Verse]
D                                    
Walkin' the streets with you and your
           A 
 worn out jeans  
Walkin' the streets with you and your worn out jeans  
                                    
I can't help thinking this is how it
          Em 
 ought to be  
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be  
                                     
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to
   G 
 myself  
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself  
Hey isn't this easy 
    D                                
                 A 
    D                                                 A 
And you've got a smile that could
                                     
 light up this whole town 
              Em 
                                                   Em 
I haven't seen it in a while
You say you're fine, I know you
 since she brought you down  
 better than that 
You say you're fine, I know you better than that 
G 
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like
 that 
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that 
[Pre-Chorus]
Em                    G 
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
  
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers  
D                       A 
She's cheer captain and I'm on the
 bleachers  
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers  
Em                     G 
Dreaming about the day when you wake
 up and find 
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find 
                A 
That what you're looking for has been
 here the whole time 
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time 
[Chorus]
             D 
If you could see that I'm the one who
 understands you  
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you  
A                                    
Been here all along, so why can't you
 Em 
 see? 
Been here all along, so why can't you see? 
                G 
You belong with me 
D 
Standing by and waiting at your back
 door  
Standing by and waiting at your back door  
A                                    
All this time how could you not know,
    Em 
 baby  
All this time how could you not know, baby  
                G                  
You belong with me, you belong with
  D 
 me 
You belong with me, you belong with me 
[Bridge]
D A Em G 
  
                  Em 
Oh I remember you drivin' to my house
 
Oh I remember you drivin' to my house 
       G 
In the middle of the night  
        D 
I'm the one who makes you laugh  
         A 
When you know you're about to cry  
      Em 
And I know your favorite songs  
        G 
And you tell me 'bout your dreams  
        D 
Think I know where you belong  
        A 
Think I know it's with me
[Chorus]
          D 
Can't you see that I'm the one who
 understands you  
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you  
A                                    
Been here all along, so why can't you
 Em 
 see? 
Been here all along, so why can't you see? 
                G 
You belong with me 
D 
Standing by and waiting at your back
 door  
Standing by and waiting at your back door  
A                                    
All this time how could you not know,
    Em 
 baby  
All this time how could you not know, baby  
                G                  
You belong with me, you belong with
 D 
 me 
You belong with me, you belong with me 
[Outro]
                A 
You belong with me  
                              Em 
Have you ever thought just maybe 
                G                  
You belong with me, you belong with
 D 
 me
You belong with me, you belong with me