Suggested voicings:
Bbm/Db x4332x
Bbm9 686668
Am7b5/Eb x655x5
Bbsus2/C x33311
C7/Bb x12010 (play as an UP stroke)
C7b9 x32323 (barre 2nd fret)
For the descending sections at the end, try to focus on the bass notes:
Dm/Db x40231
Dm/C x30231
Dm/B x20231
[Verse 1]
F
I'll be the one
Bbm/Db
That stays 'till the end
Dm
And I'll be the one
Bbm9
That needs you again
F Fmaj/E
And I'll be the one that proposes
Am7b5/Eb Dm
In a garden of roses
D Gm F C
And truly loves you long after our curtain closes
[Refrain]
Dm7
But will you still love me
Dm7/Db C Db
When nobody wants me around
Dm7
When I turn 81 and forget things
Dm7/Db C C6 C7
Will you still be proud?
[Verse 2]
F
Cause I am the one
Bbm/Db
That waited this long
Dm
And I am the one
Bbm9
That might get it wrong
F
And I'll be the one
Fmaj/E
That will love you
Am7b5/Eb Dm D Gm F C
The way I'm supposed to, girl
[Refrain]
Dm7
But will you still love me
Dm7/Db C Db
When nobody wants me around
Dm7
When I turn 81 and forget things
Dm7/Db C C6 C7
Will you still be proud?
[Verse 3]
F Fmaj/E Am7b5/Eb Dm D
Proud of me, of my short list of accomplishments
Gm F C
Me and my lack of new news
F Fmaj/E
Me and my selfishness
Am7b5/Eb Dm D Gm F C
Or me and myself wish you nothing but a happy new version of you
[Verse 4]
Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb Bbsus2/C Fmaj7
Cause I. . . I. . .
Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb Bbsus2/C F
I want you to tell me you find it hard to be yourself so I can say, "It's gonna be alright."
Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb Bbsus2/C C7/Bb
And I want you to love me the way you love your family, the way you love to show me what it's like...
C7b9 C F
...to be happy
[Outro]
F Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb Bbsus2/C (x2)
F Dm Dm/Db Dm/C Dm/B Bb C7 C7b9 C F