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[Intro]
C Cmaj7 Em D
(NOTE:I would suggest you single strum this first verse)
[Verse]
Cmaj7
Yeah, I could see you right now
Cmaj7
Friday night home team
Em D
Writing out "Go Bulldogs" in glass chalk on your Jeep
Cmaj7
I know you had a wild side
C
Probably snuck a beer or two
Em D
I bet that every boy in school had a little crush on you, yeah
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
And all the yearbooks and pictures I've seen
Em D
Girl, the only thing missing was me
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
If I knew you at eighteen
C
We'd be mainstream
Em D
Windows down all summer singing "One Headlight"
Cmaj7
I could've been your perfect, nervous, first kiss
Em D
Wishing that I could've kept you out all night
Cmaj7
The problem with forever
Is it ain't not long enough
Em D
I wish that I could go back and we'd fall in love
Cmaj7
Back when we were eighteen
Em
If I knew you at eighteen
D
Eighteen, yeah
[Verse]
Cmaj7
Would've followed you to college
Cmaj7
Pissed off my mom and dad
C Em D
Well, they would say we're too young and I'd tell them it's too bad
Cmaj7
Would've saved you from the first time
Cmaj7
Somebody broke your heart
Em D
You always would've been mine if I'd been there from the start
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
If I knew you at eighteen
We'd be mainstream
Em D
Windows down all summer singing "One Headlight"
Cmaj7
I could've been your perfect, nervous, first kiss
Em D
Wishing that I could've kept you out all night
Cmaj7
The problem with forever
Is it ain't not long enough
Em D
I wish that I could go back and we'd fall in love
Cmaj7
Back when we were eighteen
Em
If I knew you at eighteen
D
Eighteen, yeah
[Instrumental/Solo]
Cmaj7 Em D
[Break]
Cmaj7
A couple extra summers
I'll take what I can get
Em7
I would've loved you sooner
D
Baby, if we would've met
Cmaj7
Back when we were eighteen
C
Back when we were eighteen
Eighteen yeah
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
If I knew you at eighteen
We'd be mainstream
Em D
Windows down all summer singing "One Headlight"
Cmaj7
I could've been your perfect, nervous, first kiss
Em D
Wishing that I could've kept you out all night
Cmaj7
The problem with forever
Is it ain't not long enough
Em D
I wish that I could go back and we'd fall in love
Cmaj7
Back when we were eighteen
Em
If I knew you at eighteen
D
Eighteen, yeah
[Outro]
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Em D
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Em D G
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