C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7
I read by line by line by line
C Cmaj9 F/C Em
Some words of yours, some words of mine
Gadd9 F Dsus4 G
Some sentiments are best forgot
Em7 F(add9)
Some letters read then folded shut
[Verse 2]
C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7
The profile on the postage stamp
C Cmaj9 F/C Em
I traced it by my reading lamp
G9 F Dsus4 G
Remembered when I'd sit and wait
Em7 F(add9)
Then marked our parting from that date
[Verse 3]
C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7
I read by line by line by line
C Cmaj9 F/C Em
That old sarcastic Valentine
G9 F Dsus4 G
That you denied you'd sent to me
Em7
Then took it back
[Chorus]
F
It's a thought that we shared, a careless phrase
Dm7
A curse or a joke, some words of praise
Bbmaj7
But I didn't write
Gm
Did you wonder why?
G
It was the easiest way to say "Goodbye"
[Verse 4]
C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7
You'll see my photo beside the article
C Cmaj9 F/C Em
"That's just some guy I used to know
G9 F
I was never his
Dsus4 G
He was always mine
Em7 F(add9)
But I wrote him off by line by line"
[Outro]
C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7 C Cmaj9
By line by line by line by line by line by line
Dm7 C
By line by line
