It’s (F)fun ny when you find your self (C)look ing from the out side.
I’m stand ing here, but all I want is (C)to be o ver there.
Why did I let my self be lieve (C)mir a cles could hap pen?
’Cause (F)now I have to pre tend that (C)I don’t real ly care.
I (Bbsus2)thought you were my fair y tale, my (F)dream when I’m not sleep ing, a (Bbsus2)wish up on a star that’s com ing true.
But ev ’ry bod y else could tell that (F)I con fused my feel ings with the truth,
when there was me and you.
I (G)swore I knew the mel o dy (D)that I heard you sing ing.
And when you smiled, you made me feel like (D)I could sing a long.
But then you went and changed the words; (D)now my heart is emp ty.
I’m (G)on ly left with used to be’s and (D)once up on a song.
Now, I know you’re not a fair y tale, and (G)dreams were meant for sleep ing, and (C)wish es on a star just don’t come true.
’Cause now, e ven I can tell that (G)I con fused my feel ings with the truth,
be cause I liked the view
when there was me and you.
I can’t be lieve that (F)I could be so blind.
It’s like you were float ing while I was fall ing, and I did n’t mind,
be cause I liked the view,
ooh.
I thought you felt it too,
when there was me and (G)you.
This page shows “When There Was Me And You” by High School Musical 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 Bb at 160 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.