Capo 1st fret Intro - (Cadd9) - (Asus4)-(A) - (G/F#) - (G) - (Dsus4)-(D) (verse 1) (Asus2) (Dm/E) In the back of the bottom drawer, (Asus2) (Dm/E) Of the dresser by our bed, (Asus2) (Dm/E) Is a box of odds and ends, (G) That I have always kept, (Em7) But the man who sleeps beside me, (D) Doesn't know it's even there, (Bm) Little pieces of my past, (Asus4) (A) That I shouldn't have to share, (chorus) (D) (Bm) (A) napkin that is stained with time, (G) (A) Has a poem on it that didn't quite rhyme, (Bm) (A) (G) - (A) But it made me cr--y, (D) (Bm) In a dear Jane letter from a different guy, (G) (A) He broke up with me and he told me, (Bm) (A) (G) I'm not always ri--ght, (Cadd9) (Asus4) - (A) And a stolen key from an old hotel room door, (G/F#) (G) (A) (D) In the back, of the bottom drawer, (verse 2) (A) (Dm/E) I don't keep these things, (A) (Dm/E) Cause I'm longing to go back, (A) (Dm/E) (G) I keep them because I want to stay right where I'm at, (Em7) I'm reminded of my rights and wrongs, (D) I don't want to mess this up, (Bm) But I wouldn't know where I belong, (Asus4) (A) Without this box of stuff, (chorus) (D) (Bm) (A) birthday card from my first boyfriend, (G) (A) He signed it I love you so I gave in, (Bm) (A) (G) (A) Yeah we went too far, in his daddy's car, (D) (Bm) And those Mardi Gras beads from ninety-eight, (G) (A) We danced all night, stayed out so late, (Bm) (A) (G) (A) We thought we were stars, closing down the bars. (Cadd9) (Asus4) - (A) That champagne was cheap but still I've got that cork. (G/F#) (G) (A) (D) In the back, of the bottom drawer, (bridge) (Am7) (G) I'm not trying to hide these things from the man I love today, (Bb) (A) But I'm a better woman for him, thanks to my yesterdays, (chorus) (D) (Bm) So I try to give more than I take, (G) (A) And I bite my tongue fight the urge to say, (Bm) (A) (G) It's my way, or no way at all. (Cadd9) (Asus4) - (A) And now I cherish love a whole lot more. (G/F#) (G) (A) (D) Cause of what's, in the back, of the bottom drawer. outro - (Cadd9) - (Asus4) - (A) - (G/F#) - (G) - (A) - (D)