I [D]wake up and wonder how [G]everything went wrong [Bm]
Am [A]I the one to [G]blame?
I [D]gave up and left you for a [G]nowhere-bound train [Bm]
Now that [A]train has come and [G]gone
I [Em]close my eyes and see you [Bm]lying in my bed
And [D]I still [A]dream of that [G]day
*Chorus
[E]What could have been [G#m]love
Should have been the [F#m]only thing that was [B]ever meant to be [E]
Didn't know, [G#m]couldn't see what was [A]right in front of [B]me [E]
And now that I'm [G#m]alone all I have is
[F#m]Emptiness that [B]comes from being free [C#m]
What could have been [B]love will never [F#]be
An [D]old friend told me that you [G]found somebody new
[Bm]Oh, you're [A]finally moving [F]on
You [D]think that I'd be over you [G]after all these years
[Bm]Yeah, but [A]time has proved it [G#m]wrong
'Cause I'm still holdin' [G]on
*Chorus
[E]What could have been [G#m]love
Should have been the [F#m]only thing that was [B]ever meant to be [E]
Didn't know, [G#m]couldn't see what was [A]right in front of [B]me [E]
And now that I'm [G#m]alone all I have is
[F#m]Emptiness that [B]comes from being free [C#m]
What could have been [B]love will never [A]be
*Bridge
[F#m]We've gone our separate ways
[C#m]Say goodbye to another day
[F#m]I still wonder where you are
Are you [C#m]too far from turning back?
[D]You were slipping through my hands and I [B] didn't understand
*Chorus
[E]What could have been [G#m]love
Should have been the [F#m]only thing that was [B]ever meant to be [E]
Didn't know, [G#m]couldn't see what was [A]right in front of [B]me [E]
And now that I'm [G#m]alone all I have is
[F#m]Emptiness that [B]comes from being free [C#m]
What could have been [B]love will never [A]be
What could have been [B]love will never be
What could have been love [E] [B] [A] [B]
What could have been love [E] [B] [A] [B]
What could have been love [E] [B] [A] [B]
What could have been love [E] [B] [A]