G | C/G | G | C/G |[Intro] [Verse 1 - Him lead, Her hums harmony] G C G Two bicycles left in the tall grass, Em7 C D July of '79, we were growing up too fast. G C G You in a hand-me-down yellow dress, Em7 C D My mama said that family's not like us. [Verse 1 Answer - Her lead, Him low harmony] G C G Two houses, one big oak tree between, Em7 C D Your daddy's yard, my mama's kitchen screen. G C G We met at midnight on the property line, Em7 C D You said they can't keep us from trying. [Chorus - Both in harmony - This is where you open up] C D Em7 C Oh, we were Romeo and Juliet, G C D Without the poison, without regret. C D Em7 C Barefoot saints on Willow Street, G D G Innocent, but love was real and deep. [Verse 2 - Her lead] G C G You left for school, I stayed behind, Em7 C D I waited by the box for something you would write. [Verse 2 - Him lead] G C G I wrote you every day for a year, Em7 C D Three hundred sixty five letters, all sincere. G C G They never told you, they hid them all away, Em7 C D So I built a house and prayed you'd come back one day. [Chorus 2 - Bigger] C D Em7 C And then the rain came pouring down, G C D You were getting married in our hometown. C D Em7 C You showed up at my door soaking wet, G D G And asked if that kiss was something I could forget. [Bridge - THE NOTEBOOK MOMENT - Drop to almost nothing] Guitar stops. Only piano motif and maybe a soft fiddle. Speak-sing this. Am7 C Now some mornings you wake and you don't know my face, Em7 D And some mornings the years just slip away. Am7 C So I sit beside you and I read from our book, Em7 D From bicycles and balconies to that first look. [Final Chorus - Full Harmony - Slow and warm] C D Em7 C We were just kids on Willow Street, G C D Loved in a world so bittersweet. C D Em7 C Two feuding houses could not hold, G D Em7 A love like ours when it takes hold. C D If you forget... Em7 C I will remember... G D C D G I loved you then, I love you still... 3. HOW TO SING THE HARMONY Verses: One person leads, the other hums or sings "ooh" on the root note. Him is low G, Her is high G. Choruses: Her sings the melody. Him sings a third below her. Example on "Ro-me-o and Ju-li-et": Her: B - B - A - G - E - E Him: G - G - E - D - C - C Final Line: Split it for the big Notebook payoff: Him: If you forget... (holds low G) Her: I will remember... (holds high D above him) Both together: I always have, I always will. (in unison, then Her goes to a high harmony on "will")
