Intro:  F C  (intro fill) 
 
 
             F     C 
Her name was Sara Gene 
         G          C 
It was a night like this 
                F       C 
In front of the Dairy Queen 
            G 
She gave me my first kiss 
           F         C 
I was just ten years old 
     F    G  Am 
So I ne|---ver knew    (fill 1) 
F                   G           C 
She was teaching me how to love you      (fill 2) 
             
 
          F            C 
After the high school dance 
      G         C 
In my old mans car 
        F     C 
Holding Carolanne 
          G 
I tried to go to far 
      F       C 
When she said "no" 
        F    G  Am  
I didnt have a clue     (fill 1) 
F                   G           C 
She was teaching me how to love you      (fill 2) 
 
       G      C 
Every hand we hold 
     F          C 
Every bridge we burn 
      G      C  
Every story told 
            Dm       G 
Was another lesson learned 
 
      F     C 
A few years ago 
      G       C 
I met Jill one night 
      F        C 
Man I loved her so 
             G 
But I didn't treat her right 
        F        C 
When she left me there 
              F    G   Am 
With my heart broke in two     (fill 1) 
 F                  G          C    
She was teaching me how to love you       (fill 2) 
 
      G       C 
Every hand we hold 
      F         C 
Every bridge we burn 
           G      C  
Every single story told 
            Dm       G 
Was another lesson learned 
 
          F         C 
So if I should glance 
        G          C 
In your rearview mirror 
         F       C 
At every failed romance 
     G                      
That brought you here 
        F        C    
Honey I can't be hurt 
     F  G  Am 
By what I see     (fill 1) 
F                       G         C 
They were teaching you how to love me   (intro fill) 
F                       G            C             
They were teaching you how to love...me   (repeat intro) 
 
 
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