Yeah, Sev en thir might ty five,

she’s some one else ’s wife.

Now I can get on with my life

and that a thrills me.

She mar ried him to day.

if Her dad dy gave the bride a (Em7)way.

I heard a tear roll down her face

and that the kills me.

’Cause now I

can see why

she’s fi n’lly (Csus2)cry

in’.

How was I sup posed to know

she was slow ly let tin’ go?

If I was put tin’ her through hell,

hell, I could n’t tell.

She could ’ve giv en me a sign

and o pened up my eyes.

How was I sup posed to see?

She nev er (D)cried in front of me.

Yeah, may be I might have changed;

it’s hard for me to say.

Now But the sto ry’s still the same

and it’s a sad one.

And I’ll al ways be lieve

if she ev er did the cry for (Em7)me, I they were tears that you can’t see,

you know, the bad ones.

And now I

can see why

she’s fi n’lly (Csus2)cry

in’.

How was I sup posed to know

she was slow ly let tin’ go?

If I was put tin’ her through hell,

hell, I could n’t tell.

She could ’ve giv en me a sign

and o pened up my eyes.

How was I sup posed to see?

She nev er (D)cried in front of me.

She nev er (D)cried in front of me.

With out a doubt I know now how it ought a be.

And she’s gone and it’s wrong and it both ers me.

To mor row I’ll still be ask in’ my self:

How was I sup posed to know

she was slow ly let ting go?

If I was put tin’ her through hell,

hell, (CN.C.)I could n’t tell.

She could ’ve giv en me a sign,

and o pened up my eyes.

How was I sup posed to see?

(Em7)How was I sup posed to

(Csus2)see?

She nev er cried in front of me.

(Csus2)Hell, I could n’t tell.