[Strophe]
C                     Am 
There is not a single word 
             C 
In the whole world  
                        Am 
That could describe the hurt 
                       F 
The dullest knife just sawing back and forth 
                    G 
Ripping through the softest skin there ever was 
[Pre-Refrain]
                F 
How were you to know?  
                G 
How were you to know? 
[Refrain]
    C                     Am 
And I, I hate to see your heart break 
                   F 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close 
    G 
But I've been there before 
    C                     Am 
And I, I hate to see your heart break 
                   F 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close 
    G 
But I've been there before
[Strophe]
C                    Am 
Love happens all the time 
                     C 
To people who aren't kind 
                   Am 
And heroes who are blind 
                  F 
Expecting perfect scripted movie scenes 
                     G 
Who wants an awkward silence mystery?
[Pre-Refrain]
                F 
How were you to know?  
                G 
How were you to know?
[Refrain]
    C                     Am 
And I, I hate to see your heart break 
                   F 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close 
    G 
But I've been there before 
    C                     Am 
And I, I hate to see your heart break 
                   F 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close 
    G                                F 
But I've been there before
[Pont]
            Am                 G                 F 
For all the air that's in your lungs 
            Am             G 
For all the joy that is to come  
                        F 
For all the things that you're alive to feel 
                    G 
Just let the pain remind you hearts can heal
[Pre-Refrain]
                F 
How were you to know?  
                G 
How were you to know?
[Refrain]
    C                     Am 
And I, I hate to see your heart break 
                   F 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close 
    G 
But I've been there before 
    C                     Am 
And I, I hate to see your heart break 
                   F 
I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close 
    G 
But I've been there before