Fifteen

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors.

It's the (Em7)mornin' of your very first day.

You say (Gsus2)"hi" to your friends you ain't (Csus2)seen in a while,

try and stay (Em7)out of ev'rybody's (Csus2)way.

(G)It's your freshman year and you're (Csus2)gonna be here for the next four years in this town.

Hopin' one of those (G)senior boys will (Csus2)wink at you and say,

"You know, I (Em7)haven't seen you around

(Csus2)before." 'Cause when you're (G)fifteen (Em7)and somebody tells you they love you,

you're gonna believe them.

And when you're (G)fifteen, feelin' like there's nothin' to figure out,

well, (Em7)count to ten, take it in.

This is life before you (G)know who you're gonna be.

(D)Fifteen.

(G)You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail and soon (Em7)enough you're best friends,

(G)laughin' at the other girls who (C)think they're so cool.

We'll be (Em7)outta here as soon as we can.

(Csus2)And (G)then you're on your very first date,

and he's got a car, and you're feelin' like flyin'.

And your mama's waitin' up, and you're (Csus2)thinkin' he's the one,

and you're (Em7)dancin' 'round your room when the night ends,

(D)when the night ends.

'Cause when you're

(Csus2)but I didn't (D)know it at fifteen.

(C)When all you wanted was to be wanted,

wish you could go back and (G)tell yourself what (D)you know now.

(Gsus2)Back then I swore I was gonna (Csus2)marry him someday,

but I (Em7)realized some bigger dreams of mine.

And (G)Abigail gave ev'rything she had to a boy who changed his mind.

And we both (C)cried.

'Cause when you're

(G)fifteen (Em7)and somebody tells you they love you,

you're gonna believe them.

And when you're

(G)fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall.

(Em7)I've found time can heal most anything,

and you just might (G)find who you're (D)supposed to be.

I didn't (Em7)know who I was (D)s'posed to be

(D)at fifteen.

(Em7)La la la la la la la la la la,

(G)la la la la la la la la la la.