[Chords]
Cm7:     8-x-8
F9sus4:  x-8-8
F7b9#11: x-8-7
Bbmaj7:  6-x-7
F7:      x-8-7
D7:      x-5-4
G7:      3-x-3
Cdim/Eb: x-6-4
Dm7:     x-5-3
Am7b5:   5-x-5
F9:      x-8-7
F7b9:    x-8-7

-8-8-8 and x-3-1-3-1-x
-8-8-8
-8-7-7
-7-6-x
-8-6-x and 1-x-1-2-1-x
-5-3-x
-4-3-x
-5-4-x
-5-3-x
-5-4-x
-8-8-x
-8-7-x


[Intro]
    


[Verse 1]
        
I'll never for

           
get how stupid

        
 in love I fel

   
t
        
I'll always re

           
gret how I cou

        
ldn't ever tel


l
       
That you walke

              
d a little fas

     
ter, left me b

ehind
           
Kissed me with

          
 somebody else

/
 in mind
   
I loved you so

 much
       
That I settled

 for less
    
Oh, you were m

y everything
          
I was your sec

    
ond best

   


[Verse 2]
        
Lying awake, I

           
'd watch as yo

       
u'd dream at n

             
ight (Dream at

  
 night)
        
Nightingale si

           
nging half-hea

       
rted lullabies
       
Well, you swin

              
g me around in

      
 that midsumme

r dance
           
Hеld me in clo

          
se as you thou

/
ght of your pa

st
  
I love way too

 much
          
Oh, this hurts

 to confеss
    
Oh, you were m

y everything
          
I was your sec

   
ond best


[Bridge]
         
You've given m

             
e nothing to m


iss
            
Honestly, life

              
 has been much

        
 better since
 
I  spoke to yo

u last

Why am I still

 wondering
           
If I stand a c

            
hance or if yo

u'd have me ba

ck?


[Verse 3]
        
Everyone warne

           
d me you were 

      
a bad idea

I never listen
         
Maybe I will n


ext year
       
When I've walk

              
ed a little fu

      
rther into my 

life
           
Fallen in love

     
 and left you 

behind
           
But I'm still 

            
a little in lo

ve with this m

ess
    
Oh, you were m

y everything
            
I'm just your 

    
second best
   
Mmmmmmmh
   
Se-cond best