Intro: F C# G#m B
F# C#
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
G#m
She's going off about something that you said
B
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
F# C#
I'm in the room it's a typical Tuesday night
G#m
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
B
And she'll never know your story like I do
G#m B
But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
F# C#
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
G#m B
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
C#
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
F#
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
C# G#m
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
B F
You belong with me, you belong with me
F C#
Walkin' the streets with you and your worn out jeans
G#m
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
B
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey isn't this easy
F C#
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
G#m
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better then that
B
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that
G#m B
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
F C#
Shes cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
G#m B
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
C#
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
F
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
C# G#m
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
B
You belong with me
F
Standing by and waiting at your back door
C# G#m
All this time how could you not know, baby
B
You belong with me, you belong with me
F C# G#m B
G#m
Oh I remember you drivin' to my house
B
In the middle of the night
F
I'm the one who makes you laugh
C#
When you know you're about to cry
G#m
And I know your favorite songs
B
And you tell me about your dreams
F
Think I know where you belong
C#
Think I know it's with me
F
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
C# G#m
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
B
You belong with me
F
Standing by and waiting at your back door
C# G#m
All this time how could you not know, baby
B F
You belong with me, you belong with me
C#
You belong with me
G#m
Have you ever thought just maybe
B F
You belong with me, you belong with me