(D)We were both young when I first saw you.
I (Gsus2)close my eyes and the flash back starts; I’m stand ing (Bm)there
on a bal con y in (Gsus2)sum mer air.
(D)See the lights, see the par ty, the ball gowns.
(Gsus2)See you make your way through the crowd and say “hel (Bm)lo”;
lit tle did I know...
That (G)you were Ro me o, you were (A)throw ing peb bles, and my (Bm)dad dy said, “Stay a way from (D)Ju li et.” And I was (G)cry in’ on the stair case, (A)beg gin’ you, “Please don’t (Bm)go.”
And I said, (D)“Ro me o, take me some where we can be a lone.
(A)I’ll be wait ing; all there’s left to do is run.
(Bm7)You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the prin cess.
(G)It’s a love stor y, (A)ba by, just say yes.” (D)“Ro me o, save me; they’re try’n’ to tell me how to feel.
This love is dif fi cult, but it’s real.
(Bm7)Don’t be a fraid, we’ll make it out of this mess.
(G)It’s a love stor y, (A)ba by, just say (D)yes.”
Oh oh (A)oh,
oh oh (Bm7)oh.
’Cause (G)we were both young when I first saw
(D)you.
This page shows “Love Story” by Taylor Swift in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 119 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.