The Idea

Intro: 
G  D  C  G 



[Verso 1]
 
G 
The idea that twenty-four 
              D/F# 
Meant a white dress on the floor 
             Em                       C 
Too much champagne and a plane to Mexico 
      G 
Your idea was dinner made 
   D/F# 
TV on, the kids are bathed 
             Em 
I'd still be fun like twenty-one 
               C 
But that ain't ever how it goes 
C 
What you see and what you get 
               Em             D/F# 
Ain't what you saw the day we met 
        Em               D            C 
Bet you never thought forever meant regret 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C 
You don't love me, let's be honest 
            Em             D/F# 
I ain't the woman that you wanted 
      G                              D 
If it wasn't for a promise, you'd be gone 
          C 
She's the dream that you created 
          Em 
She's the picture that you painted 
D/F#   G 
But no matter how you hang it 
           D                      C 
It's still wrong, ain't right for us 
          Em             D/F# 
To try to live this life when 
G                D 
We know it ain't real 
          C 
You don't love me 
         D         G   D  C  G 
You just love the idea 
 


[Verso 2]
 
G 
Ain't an option not to make it 
           D/F# 
If we're unhappy, we can fake it 
      Em 
If it hurts, you go to work 
         C                     Am 
We go to church, we never tell 
                  D 
That it's gone to hell 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C 
You don't love me, let's be honest 
            Em             D/F# 
I ain't the woman that you wanted 
      G                              D 
If it wasn't for a promise, you'd be gone 
          C 
She's the dream that you created 
          Em 
She's the picture that you painted 
D/F#   G 
But no matter how you hang it 
           D                      C 
It's still wrong, ain't right for us 
          Em             D/F# 
To try to live this life when 
G                D 
We know it ain't real 
          C 
You don't love me 
         D 
You just love the 
 


[Ponte]
 
 Em 
Idea of picket fences 
       D 
Be the envy of our friends 
           C                               Em 
And do the things that all the perfect families do 
                 C                                       D 
'Cause you can't bear the thought of splitting things in two 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C 
You don't love me, let's be honest 
            Em             D/F# 
I ain't the woman that you wanted 
      G                              D 
If it wasn't for a promise, you'd be gone 
          C 
She's the dream that you created 
          Em 
She's the picture that you painted 
D/F#   G 
But no matter how you hang it 
           D                      C 
It's still wrong, ain't right for us 
          Em             D/F# 
To try to live this life when 
G                D 
We know it ain't real 
          Em 
You don't love me 
         G 
You just love the 
          C 
You won't want me 
         D         G 
You just want the idea 
 

Outro: 
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