BY THE BOOK
Michael Peterson
Album: Michael Peterson
Submitted by: Christopher R.
1/4/2024

Intro: (D) (A/C#) (G) (D) (A/C#) (A) (G9)

(D) I slowly (A/C#) turn the pages
(G) And see all these (D) smiling faces
(G) It's hard to be(D)lieve
It was to(Em7)day, ten years (A) ago
(D) Here is the (A/C#) invitation
(G) To our wedding (D) celebration
(G) Just look at the pr(D)omise
These pictures (Asus4) show
Now I know

  If I had (G) loved her by the (D/F#) book
  She would be (Em7) right here (A) by my (D) side
  But fool that I (G) am
  I over(D/F#)looked
  My promise to (Bm) love her forever
  For (Esus) worse or for (E) better
  We'd (G) still be together
  If I had loved (G/A) her by the (D) book

(A/C#) (A) (G9)

If I'd opened this book more often
Then I wouldn't have forgotten
How much she cared
And how much I meant my solemn vow
To honor, to have, and to hold her
But as I read them over
I know it's too late to say I'm sorry now
But somehow

(REPEAT CHORUS)