Written In The Stars

(C)I am here to (G)tell (F)you we can (C)never meet (E7)again.

(Am)Simple, really, isn't it?

A (F)word or two and (Gsus)then (G)a (C)lifetime of not (G)(F)knowing where or (C)how or why or (E7)when.

You (Am)think of me or speak of me or (F)wonder what (C)befell the (Dm7)someone you once loved so long (C)ago so well.

(F)Never wonder what I'll feel as is (C)living shuffles (E7)by.

(Am)You don't have to ask of me and (G)I need not reply.

(C)Ev'ry moment (G)of my (F)life from (C)now until I (E7)die (Am)I will think or dream of you and (F)fail to understand how a (Dm)perfect love can be confounded (C)out of hand.

(G)Is it (C)written in the stars?

Are we (Am)paying for some crime?

(C)Is that (F)all that we are good for,

just a (Dm)stretch of mortal (Gsus)time?

(G)Is this (C)God's experiment in (Am)which we have no say,

in (F)which we're given paradise, but (Dm)only (C)for (G)a (C)day?

(F)Nothing can be altered.

Oh, there is (C)nothing to (E7)decide.

(Am)No escape, no change of heart,

nor (G)anyplace to hide.

(C)You are all I'll (G)ever (F)want,

but (C)this I am (E7)denied.

(Am)Sometimes in my darkest thoughts I (F)wish I never learned what it (Dm)is to be in love and have that (C)love returned.

(G)Is it (C)written in the stars?

Are we (Am)paying for some crime?

(C)Is that (F)all that we are good for,

just a (Dm)stretch of mortal (Gsus)time?

(G)Is this (C)God's experiment in (Am)which we have no say,

in (F)which we're given paradise, but (Dm)only (C)for (G)a (C)day?

(Dm)only (F)for a (C)day?