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]