IntroEmD/F#GCBmAm
Verse 1Em I never caD/F#lled you and nGow it's too late
To saCy all the woBmrds that I've wAmanted to say
The dEmoctor said, "OD/F#h, there's a fGight up ahead"
I shoCuld've been tBmhere by your hAmospital bed
So it rEmains every D/F#day, oh, it raGins every day
Oh, CI haven't got the wBmords to sAmayChorusHow I wEmish I Cwas a bGetter friend
BefEmore it wCas too laGteD.
I wEmish that CI would've beGen there in the end
I wEmish I wCas a better friGend.D.
Verse 2EmI wasn't thD/F#ere when you sGaid your goodbye, and I
CReplay in my Bmmind 'bout a tAmhousand times
EmI wasn't thD/F#ere for those Grivers you cried
I was aClways too bBmusy, no, I Amdidn't make the time
So it rEmains every D/F#day, oh, it rGains every day
Oh, CI haven't got the wBmords to AmsayChorusHow I wEmish I Cwas a bGetter friend
BefEmore it wCas too laGteD.
I wEmish that CI would've beGen there in the end
I wEmish I wCas a better friGend.D.
BridgeAnd eEmverydD/F#ay I wiGsh you were here
Oh, eCvery Bmday I wAmish
Oh, eEmvery mD/F#inute ofG every year
CSwear I fBmeel you Amnear, near meChorusHow I wEmish (How I wish) I wCas a beGtter friend (better friend)
BefEmore it wCas too laGteD.
I wEmish that CI would've beGen there in the end
I wEmish I wCas a better friGend.D.