| A | G#/A | C#m | D | |
| I couldn't | do it |
| F#m | G | |
| So I | asked for a helping | hand |
| A | G#/A | C#m | D | |
| To get me | through it |
| F#m | G | |
| But I | guess it wasn't in your | plan |
| G | |
| Or maybe you were |
| Bridge: |
| E | D | E | |
| Just too busy to make | time for me I always put you | first |
| E | D | E | |
| Expected me to figure | out things But they all kept getting | worse |
| E | D | |
| When I think about the | way you let me down |
| D | C#m | |
| I wonder | if I'm supposed to count on you |
| Bm | D | |
| How could you ig | nore me? |
| Chorus: |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| My | imaginary f | riend didn't c | ome through in the e | nd So now I h | ave to find a real one |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| Didn't | answer when I | called Well I g | uess it's just bec | ause H | e was never there at all |
| Verse 2: |
| A | G#/A | C#m | D | |
| I can't believe it |
| Fm | G | |
| Now that I'm looking | back |
| A | G#/A | C#m | D | |
| Why didn't I see it |
| Fm | G | |
| Well I guess I didn't even as | k |
| G | |
| While you were never |
| Bridge: |
| E | D | E | |
| Ever in the places | I would go You never showed | yourself |
| E | D | E | |
| All those heart-felt conver | sations Were with me and no one | else |
| E | D | C#m | |
| When I called your name You never an | swered am I i | nsane? If you saw my suffering |
| Bm | D | |
| How could you ig | nore me? |
| Chorus: |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| My | imaginary f | riend didn't c | ome through in the e | nd So now I h | ave to find a real one |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| Didn't | answer when I | called Well I g | uess it's just bec | ause H | e was never there at all |
| Breakdown: A G F#m (x4) |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| It's not | hard to | let h | im | go |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| I don't know | why I | ever l | oved him | so |
| Bridge: |
| E | D | E | |
| Maybe there is something | wrong with me I don't see what they | see |
| E | D | E | |
| Used to fold my hands and | close my eyes And think that you were with | me |
| E | D | C#m | |
| Now there's something wrong | It doesn't seem to make much sen | se I just feel so stupid now |
| Bm | D | |
| How could I bel | ieve it? |
| Chorus: |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| My | imaginary f | riend didn't c | ome through in the e | nd So now I h | ave to find a real one |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| Didn't | answer when I | called Well I g | uess it's just bec | ause H | e was never there at all |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| My i | maginary f | riend w | ooh-y | eah (Now I | have to find a real one) |
| A | G#/A | F#m | E | D | E | |
| Didn' | t come through in | the end | wooh- | no (Cause' h | e was never there at all) |
| End: A G F#m A |
| G | F#m | A | G | F#m | A | |
| He was never | there at | all |
| Keep Rockin' |