Standard (EADGBE)

---- #1:

 I didn't mean to treat you so bad

You shouldn't take it so personal

 I didn't mean to make you so sad

 You just happened to be there, that's all

When I saw you say "goodbye" to my friend and smile

I thought that it was well understood

That you'd be comin' back in a little while

I didn't know that you were sayin' "goodbye" for good

---- Chorous:

But,

sooner or later, one of us must know

You just did what you're supposed to do

Sooner or later, one of us must know

 That I really did try to get close to you

---- #2:

I couldn't see what you could show me

Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid

I couldn't see how you could know me

But you said you knew me and I believed you did

When you whispered in my ear

And asked me if I was leavin' with you or her

I didn't realize just what I did hear

I didn't realize how young you were

[Chorous]

---- #3:

I couldn't see when it started snowin'

Your voice was all that I heard

I couldn't see where we were goin'

But you said you knew an' I took your word

And then you told me later, as I apologized

That you were just kiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm

An' I told you, as you clawed out my eyes

That I never really meant to do you any harm

[Chorous]