Tone: [C]
Capo: 3
(Intro)
[C] [G] [Am] [G] [F]
(Verse 1)
[C]Down the block, there's an antique shop
And [G]something in my head said, "Stop, " so I walked in
[Am]On the counter was a [G]cardboard box
And the [F]sign said, "Photos: twenty-five cents each"
[C]Black and white, saw a '30s bride
And [G]two lovers laughin' on the porch of their first house
[Am]The kinda love that you [G]only find once in a [F]lifetime
The kind you don't put down
[G]And that's when I [Am]called you and it's [F]so hard to explain, but
[G]In those photos, [Am]I saw us [F]instead
[G]And, somehow, I [Am]know that you and [F]I would've found each other
[G]In another life, you [Am]still would've turned my [F]head even [G]if wе'd met
(Chorus)
On a [C]crowded street in 1944
[G]And you werе headed off to fight in the war
[Am]You still would've been [G]mine
We would have been [F]timeless
I would've [C]read your love letters every single night
[G]And prayed to God you'd be comin' home all right
[Am]And you would've been [G]fine
We would have been [F]timeless
'Cause [C]I believe that [G]we were supposed to [F]find this
So, even in a different [Am]life, you still would've been [F]mine
We would've been [C]timeless
(Verse 2)
[C]I had to smile when it caught my eye
There was [G]one of a teenage couple in the driveway
[Am]Holdin' hands on the [G]way to a dance
And the [F]date on the back said 1958
[C]Which brought me back to the first time I saw you
[G]Time stood still like somethin' in this old shop
[Am]I thought about it as I [G]started lookin' 'round
At these [F]precious things that time forgot
[G]That's when I [Am]came upon a book [F]covered in cobwebs
[G]Story of a romance [Am]torn apart by [F]fate
[G]Hundreds of [Am]years ago, they [F]fell in love, like we did
[G]And I'd die for [Am]you in the same [F]way if I first [G]saw your face
(Chorus)
In the [C]fifteen hundreds off in a foreign land
[G]And I was forced to marry another man
[Am]You still would've been [G]mine
We would have been [F]timeless
I would've [C]read your love letters every single night
[G]And run away and left it all behind
[Am]You still would've been [G]mine
We would've been [F]timeless
'Cause [C]I believe that [G]we were supposed to [F]find this
So, even in a different [Am]life, you still would've been [G]mine
We would've been [C]timeless [G] [Am] [G] [F]
(Bridge)
[G]Time breaks [Am]down your [F]mind and body
[G]Don't you [Am]let it touch your [F]soul
It was like an [G]age-old [Am]classic
The [F]first time that you saw me
The [G]story started [Am]when you said, [F]"Hello"
(Chorus)
In a [C]crowded room a few short years ago
[G]And sometimes there's no proof, you just know
[Am]You're always gonna be [G]mine
We're gonna be [F]
I'm gonna [C]love you when our hair is turnin' gray
We'll have a [G]cardboard box of photos of the life we've made
[Am]And you'll say, [G]"Oh my, we really were [F]timeless"
(Post-Chorus)
We're gonna be [C]timeless, [G]timeless
[Am]You still would've been [G]mine
We would've been [F]
Even if we'd met on a [C]crowded street in 1944 [G]
[Am]You still would've been [G]mine
We would've been [F]
(Outro)
[C]Down the block, there's an antique shop
And [G]somethin' in my head said, "Stop, " so I walked [F]in