[Strophe]
        G 
Well it all began in the back of her car 
D/F#  Em            C 
I was just 16 but I fell so hard 
           G 
Well the years went by and she held my heart 
D/F#    Em                C 
But her love ran dry and we fell apart
[Pre-Refrain]
Am                    D 
I felt her growing distant 
                     Am 
I knew her love was shifting 
                      D 
And all that I could say was
[Refrain]
       G 
Don't tell me that it's over 
  
The book of you & I 
D/F#          Em 
Now you've scribbled out my name 
  
And you've erased my favorite lines 
      Am 
There were so many chapters that we never got to write 
       D 
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night 
      G 
I remember where we started 
  
I remember how you looked 
D/F#         Em 
But now I'm missing bits and pieces 
         C 
From the pages that you took 
     Am 
You didn't give a reason and I'll forever wonder why 
     D 
We never got to finish the book of you and I
[Strophe]
         G 
Well I bought a pen and I turned the page 
D/F#     Em              C 
Then I wrote about how I wish you'd stayed 
        G 
I said all the things that I never got to say 
D/F#    Em                  C 
Maybe when it's done I will feel okay
[Pre-Refrain]
Am                     D 
That she had grown so distant 
                        Am 
And that her love had shifted 
                     D 
I wish she felt the same
[Refrain]
       G 
Don't tell me that it's over 
  
The book of you & I 
D/F#          Em 
Now you've scribbled out my name 
           C 
And you've erased my favorite lines 
       Am 
There were so many chapters that we never got to write 
       D 
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night 
     G 
I remember where we started 
  
I remember how you looked 
D/F#         Em 
But now I'm missing bits and pieces 
         C 
From the pages that you took 
     Am 
You never gave a reason and I'll forever wonder why 
     D 
We never got to finish the book of you and I
[Pont]
G 
Don't tell me, tell me that you're leaving 
Em                                     Am 
My belly hurts, and my heart is hardly beating right 
                           D 
I hate to beg but I'll try one last time
[Refrain]
       G 
Don't tell me that it's over 
  
The book of you & I 
D/F#          Em 
Now you've scribbled out my name 
           C 
And you've erased my favorite lines 
       Am 
There were so many chapters that we never got to write 
       D 
Like cereal for dinner and staying up all night 
      G 
I remember where we started 
  
I remember how you looked 
D             Em 
But now I'm missing bits and pieces 
         C 
From the pages that you took 
     Am 
You never gave a reason and I'll forever wonder why 
     D                                       G 
We never got to finish the book of you and I