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[Verse]
DAs I slowly tAurn the pages BmI see all these sDmiling faces
GIt's hard to be-liDeve it was toAday ten years a-A7go
DHere is the invDitation BmTo our wedding celDebration
GJust look at the promise that these pictures shAow  I know
If I had loGved her by the boDok
She would be rBmight here Aby my sDide
DThe fool that I Gam
I overloDoked my promist to lBmove her forever
BmFor worst or for better 
BmWe'd still be together If I had loEmved her Aby the bDook
DIf I opened this bAook more often BmI wouldn't haDve forgotten
GHow much she caDred and how much I meAant my solomn vA7ows
DTo honor To haAve and hold her BmBut as I rDead them over
GI know it's too late to say I'm sorry nAow Somehow
GIf I had loved heDr by the book
She would be rBmight here Aby my sDide
DThe fool that I Gam
I overloDoked my promist to lBmove her forever
BmFor worst or for better 
BmWe'd still be together If I had loEmved her 
GIf I had loved heDr by the book
She would be rBmight here Aby my sDide
DThe fool that I Gam
I overloDoked my promist to lBmove her forever
BmFor worst or for better 
BmWe'd still be together If I had loEmved her Aby the bDook
If I had loEmved her bAy the bDook

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By The Book

by Michael Peterson

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[Verse]

D A Bm D

As I slowly turn the pages I see all these smiling faces

G D A A7

It's hard to be-lieve it was today ten years a-go

D D Bm D

Here is the invitation To our wedding celebration

G A

Just look at the promise that these pictures show I know

G D

If I had loved her by the book

Bm A D

She would be right here by my side

D G

The fool that I am

D Bm

I overlooked my promist to love her forever

For worst or for better

Bm Em A D

We'd still be together If I had loved her by the book

D A Bm D

If I opened this book more often I wouldn't have forgotten

G D A A7

How much she cared and how much I meant my solomn vows

D A Bm D

To honor To have and hold her But as I read them over

G A

I know it's too late to say I'm sorry now Somehow

G D

If I had loved her by the book

Bm A D

She would be right here by my side

D G

The fool that I am

D Bm

I overlooked my promist to love her forever

For worst or for better

Bm Em

We'd still be together If I had loved her

G D

If I had loved her by the book

Bm A D

She would be right here by my side

D G

The fool that I am

D Bm

I overlooked my promist to love her forever

For worst or for better

Bm Em A D

We'd still be together If I had loved her by the book

Em A D

If I had loved her by the book

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