[Estrofa]
              Dm 
That wasn't funny 
           Am                  Bb  
But she laughed so hard, she almost
       C 
 cried 
But she laughed so hard, she almost cried 
                   Dm               
They're countin' months they've been
    Am 
 together 
They're countin' months they've been together 
         Bb       C 
Almost forty-nine 
             Dm               Am
He's making fun of how she acted
             Bb      C 
 around the holidays 
He's making fun of how she acted around the holidays 
             Dm                
She wears a ring, but they tell
  Am                Bb  
 people that they're not
       C 
 engaged 
She wears a ring, but they tell people that they're not engaged 
             Dm           Am      
They met in class for metaphysical
    Bb     C 
 philosophy 
They met in class for metaphysical philosophy 
               Dm 
He tells his friends I like her 
  Am                    Bb          
'Cause she's so much smarter than me
 C 
 
'Cause she's so much smarter than me 
                Dm              
They're having talks about their
    Am         Bb    C 
 futures until 4 AM 
They're having talks about their futures until 4 AM 
              Dm      Am             
And I'm happy for them (I'm happy for
      Bb C 
 thеm)
And I'm happy for them (I'm happy for thеm)
[Estribillo]
    Bb                     C 
But I wanna feel all that love and
 emotion 
But I wanna feel all that love and emotion 
Dm                        F       
Be that attachеd to the person I'm
   Am 
 holdin' 
Be that attachеd to the person I'm holdin' 
     Bb                  C       
Some day I'll be falling, without
         Dm 
 caution 
Some day I'll be falling, without caution 
                F Am       
But for now I'm only people
          Bb* 
 watchin'
But for now I'm only people watchin'
[Estrofa]
              Dm 
I'm only looking 
        Am               Bb        
just to live through you vicariously
 C 
 
just to live through you vicariously 
            Dm             Am 
I've never really been in love, 
    Bb       C 
not seriously 
          Dm           Am           
I had a dream about a house behind a
  Bb        C 
 picket fence 
I had a dream about a house behind a picket fence 
            Dm                Am    
Next one I choose to trust, I hope I
            Bb         C 
 use some common sense 
Next one I choose to trust, I hope I use some common sense 
      Dm         Am        Bb       
But I cut people out like tags on my
 C 
 clothin' 
But I cut people out like tags on my clothin' 
  Dm           Am       Bb          
I end up all alone, but I still keep
  C 
 hopin'
I end up all alone, but I still keep hopin'
[Estribillo]
Bb                     C 
I wanna feel all that love and
 emotion 
I wanna feel all that love and emotion 
Dm                        F       
Be that attachеd to the person I'm
   Am 
 holdin' 
Be that attachеd to the person I'm holdin' 
     Bb                  C       
Some day I'll be falling, without
         Dm 
 caution 
Some day I'll be falling, without caution 
                F Am       
But for now I'm only people
          Bb* 
 watchin'
But for now I'm only people watchin'
[Puente]
Dm         Am       Bb        
Cut people out like tags on my
 C 
 clothin' 
Cut people out like tags on my clothin' 
Dm           Am       Bb           
I end up all alone, but I still keep
 C 
 hopin' 
I end up all alone, but I still keep hopin' 
Dm           Am      Bb          C 
I won't be scared to let someone know
 me 
I won't be scared to let someone know me 
Dm           Am             Bb     
Life feels so monotone, but I still
     C 
 keep hopin' 
Life feels so monotone, but I still keep hopin' 
Dm         Am       Bb        
Cut people out like tags on my
 C 
 clothin' 
Cut people out like tags on my clothin' 
Dm           Am       Bb           
I end up all alone, but I still keep
 C 
 hopin' 
I end up all alone, but I still keep hopin' 
Dm           Am      Bb          C 
I won't be scared to let someone know
 me 
I won't be scared to let someone know me 
Dm           Am             Bb     
Life feels so monotone, but I still
     C 
 keep hopin' 
Life feels so monotone, but I still keep hopin' 
N.C. 
I feel love emotion
[Estribillo]
Bb                     C 
I wanna feel all that love and
 emotion 
I wanna feel all that love and emotion 
Dm                        F       
Be that attachеd to the person I'm
   Am 
 holdin' 
Be that attachеd to the person I'm holdin' 
     Bb                  C       
Some day I'll be falling, without
         Dm 
 caution 
Some day I'll be falling, without caution 
                F Am       
But for now I'm only people
          Bb* 
 watchin'
But for now I'm only people watchin'