Intro: Gsus2 Csus2 Em Csus2
Gsus2 Csus2
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
Em Csus2
It’s the morning of your very first day
Gsus2 Csus2
And you say hi to your friends you ain’t seen in a while
Em7 Csus2
Try and stay out of everybody’s way
G Csus2
It’s your freshman year and you’re gonna be here
Em7 Csus2
For the next four years in this town
G Csus2
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say
Em7 Csus2
“You know, I haven’t seen you around before”
G Em7 D
‘Cause when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
C
You’re gonna believe them
G D/F# Em7
And when you’re fifteen feeling like there’s nothing to figure out
Em7
Well, count to ten, take it in
D G D/F# C
This is life before you know who you’re gonna be
D Gsus2
Fifteen
G C
You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
Em7 C
And soon enough you’re best friends
G C
Laughing at the other girls who think they’re so cool
Em7 Csus2
We’ll be out Of here as soo as we can
G C
And then you’re on your very first date and he’s got a car
Em7 Csus2
And you’re feeling like flying
G Csus2
And your mama’s waitin up and your thinkin he’s the one
Em7 C D/C
And your dancing ’round your room when the night ends
C
When the night ends
G D
‘Cause when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
C
You’re gonna believe them
G D/F#
When you’re fifteen and your first kiss
Em7 Csus2
Makes your head spin ’round
Em7 D
But in your life you’ll Do things greater than
G D/F#
Dating the boy on the football team
C D G
But I didn’t know it at fifteen
C Em7 D
When all you wanted was to be wanted
G D/F# C D Dsus
Wish you could Go back and tell yourself what you know now
Gsus2 Csus2
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
Em7 Csus2
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
G Csus2
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Em7 Csus2 C
Who changed his mind and we both cried
G Em7 D
‘Cause when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
C
You’re gonna believe them
G D/F# Em7 Csus2
And when you’re fifteen, don’t forget to look before you fall
Em7 D
I’ve found time can heal most anything
G D/F# C Csus2
And you just might find who you’re supposed to be
Em7 D/F# D G
I didn’t know who I was supposed to be at fifteen
Em7 C G Em7 C
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C
Em7 C Csus2
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors