| Verse:1 |
| G | Ami/G | C | G | |
| I found her diary under | neath a tree, a | nd started reading about | me, |
| Gmi | Ami/G | C | G | |
| The words she's written took me by s | urpise, y | ou'd never read them in her e | yes, |
| C | G | B7 | Emi | - | |
| They said that s | he had found the | love she waited | for, |
| C | G | C | G | |
| W | ouldn't you k | now it, s | he wouldn't sh | ow it. |
| Verse:2 |
| Gmi | Ami/G | C | G | |
| When she confronted with the | writing there, si | mply pretended not to c | are, |
| Gmi | Ami/G | C | G | |
| I passed it off as just in | keeping with, her t | otal disconcerting a | ir, |
| B7 | G | B7 | Emi | - | |
| and though she tr | ied to hide, the l | ove that she de | nied | , |
| C | G | C | G | |
| w | ouldn't you k | now it, s | he wouldn't sh | ow it. |
| Bridge: |
| B7 | Emi | G/D | D7 | C | D7 | G | |
| And as | I go t | hrough | my l | ife, I will g | ive to her my w | ife, |
| C | B7 | |
| All the sw | eet things that I can f | ind. |
| Verse:3 |
| G | Ami/G | C | G | |
| I found her diary unde | rneath a tree, and st | arted reading about | me, |
| Gmi | Ami/G | |
| The words began to stick and tears | began to flow, |
| C | G | |
| Her meaning now was clear to s | ee, |
| B7 | G | B7 | Emi | |
| The love she'd wa | ited for was so | meone else not | me, |
| C | G | C | G | |
| W | ouldn't you kn | ow it, s | he wouldn't s | how it. |
| Refrain: |
| B7 | Emi | G/D | C | D7 | G | |
| And as | I go t | hrough my l | ife, I will w | ish for her his w | ife, |
| Gmi | C | G | |
| All the sw | eet things that she can f | ind, |
| Gmi | C | G | |
| All the sw | eet things they can f | ind. |